High Wind, Columbiana
- When
- February 12, 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Columbiana forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.768, -80.777 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Ohio, February 12, 2003
5 miles south of Union Ridge.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
A fast-moving arctic front produced a high wind, which blew off a garage roof, near the intersection of state route 170 and Clarkson-Pancake Rd, 1.5 miles south of Union Ridge.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 11, 10:28 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:28 PM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1028 PM EST TUE FEB 11 2003 WL UPDATE ZNS TO INCLUDE WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL OF CWA FOR OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. WL MENTION GUSTS TO 55 MPH HIER ELEVS...AND 50 MPH ELSW. THANKS TO CTP...RLX...CLE AND ILN FOR COORD. FCSTID = 14 .PBZ... MD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ZONE MDZ001. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZ068>069. PA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES PAZ030...PAZ032. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029...PAZ031. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ020>023...PAZ029...PAZ031. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES PAZ030...PAZ032. WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022. WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041.
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 5:00 AM EST, 21 hours 30 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-111200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 500 AM EST TUE FEB 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY UP TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE...MAINLY BEFORE NOON...IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS SOUTHEAST OF PITTSBURGH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LOW TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL DROP TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 10 ABOVE. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THIS MIGHT REQUIRE ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 1:00 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057-058-PAZ007>009-013>015-020-WVZ001-120800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 100 AM EST WED FEB 12 2003 ...ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST... AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH OUR AREA BETWEEN 130 AM AND 300 AM. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT EXPECT A SUDDEN GUSTY WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST, WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH, AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE READY FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 1:53 AM EST, 37 minutes before
OHZ059-068-069-PAZ014-016-021-022-029-031-WVZ002>004-012-120900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 153 AM EST WED FEB 12 2003 ...ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST... AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH OUR AREA BETWEEN 300 AM AND 400 AM. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES EXPECT A SUDDEN GUSTY WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST, WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH, VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND THERE MAY EVEN BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE READY FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 2:06 AM EST, 24 minutes before
MDZ001-PAZ023-030-032-WVZ021>023-041-121000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 206 AM EST WED FEB 12 2003 ..ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST... AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH OUR AREA BETWEEN 400 AM AND 500 AM. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES EXPECT A SUDDEN GUSTY WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST, WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH, VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND THERE MAY EVEN BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE READY FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Special weather statement, Feb 12, 2:08 AM EST, 22 minutes before
MDZ001-PAZ023-030-032-WVZ021>023-041-121000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 208 AM EST WED FEB 12 2003 ...ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST... AN ARCTIC FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL MOVE INTO AND THROUGH OUR AREA BETWEEN 400 AM AND 500 AM. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES AND PASSES EXPECT A SUDDEN GUSTY WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST, WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MPH, VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW, AND THERE MAY EVEN BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND BE READY FOR RAPIDLY DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Ohio, February 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 12 to 13, 2003
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 12, 2003
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 12, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 12, 2003
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 12 to 14, 2003
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 12, 2003
- Winter Weather in Maine, February 12, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 12, 2003
- Flooding in California, February 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 12 to 13, 2003
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2003
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5343845.