1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 17, 5:05 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 505 AM EST MON FEB 17 2003 BAND OF MODERATE SNOW INTO EXTREME SE CWA THIS MORNING WITH 2-3 INCHES REPORTED IN VAN WERT AND LIMA. UPDATE TO INCREASE AMOUNTS TO 3-5 PUTNAM/VAN WERT AND ALLEN OH AS RADAR SHOWS BAND WILL REMAIN OVER COUNTIES INTO MID MORNING BEFORE DEFORMATION ZONE SHIFTS EAST. THIS WILL ALSO EXTEND ACCUMULATING SNOW A BIT FARTHER NORTH AND WEST INTO NW OH AND NE IN. .IWX... IN...NONE. MI...NONE. OH...NONE. RES/12
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-181015- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 512 AM EST MON FEB 17 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH MID MORNING...AND THEN TAPER OFF. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VAN WERT...LIMA...AND OTTAWA AREAS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE FOUND AROUND PORTLAND...BERNE...PAULDING...DEFIANCE...AND NAPOLEON. UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND 20 MILES EITHER SIDE OF INTERSTATE 69. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING RAIN TO THE REGION FRIDAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE AS SNOW INTO SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY SUNDAY. SOME ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN FAVORED LAKE EFFECT AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL IN REPORTS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow accumulated around 6 inches across the county during the day.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2003
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: 5340353.