5 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 28, 9:35 PM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 935 PM EST TUE JAN 28 2003 OCCASIONAL PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. THIS HAS BEEN A WINTRY MIX ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THAT EAST-WEST BAND INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO MAY BE ALL SNOW. FOR THE MOST PART TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN STEADY OR EVEN CONTINUE TO RISE EVER SO SLIGHTLY. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA HAS BEEN PRECIPITATION FREE THUS FAR AND WARM ENOUGH TO BE ALL RAIN AT THIS TIME BASED ON THE EVENING SOUNDING. LOOKS LIKE BANDING PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA OVERNIGHT. BUT EXPECT THIS TO DIMINISH TOWARDS MORNING AS BETTER FORCING DEVELOPS FURTHER SOUTH WITH WAVE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. THIS SHOULD HELP SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO SOUTHERN ZONES LATE TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY PROBABILITIES IN THE SOUTH AND CATEGORICAL IN THE NORTH. FORECAST PROFILE FROM THE 18Z ETA VERIFIED PRETTY WELL WITH THE EVENING SOUNDING. THIS GIVES A LITTLE MORE CONFIDENCE IN BASING PRECIPITATION TYPE ON THE SOUNDINGS FROM THAT MODEL RUN. SO LOOKS LIKE THE MIX IN THE NORTH SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW IN THE 07-10Z TIME FRAME. EXPECT RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW VERY LATE FROM HAMILTON TO CHILLICOTHE. AND SOUTH OF THERE LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR ALL RAIN THROUGH DAYBREAK. WILL CONTINUE WITH ADVISORIES IN THEIR CURRENT CONFIGURATION. MAY LOWER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SLIGHTLY BUT WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP ADVISORY GOING. WILL ALSO MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES AND WINDS. .ILN... IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR ZONES INZ050...INZ058>059... OHZ026...OHZ034>035...OHZ043>046...OHZ056...OHZ042...OHZ051>055...OHZ 060>065...OHZ074.
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-281230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 530 AM EST TUE JAN 28 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...AREAS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. WARMER AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL RESULT IN THE SNOW MIXING WITH SLEET...MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT CLEWSWILN FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A cold front tracking east across the region during the early morning, producing brief periods of heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell across west central Ohio, where four to six inches occurred.
A cold front tracking east across the region during the early morning, producing brief periods of heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell across west central Ohio, where four to six inches occurred.
A cold front tracking east across the region during the early morning, producing brief periods of heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell across west central Ohio, where four to six inches occurred.
A cold front tracking east across the region during the early morning, producing brief periods of heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell across west central Ohio, where four to six inches occurred.
A cold front tracking east across the region during the early morning, producing brief periods of heavy snow. The heaviest snow fell across west central Ohio, where four to six inches occurred.
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, January 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: 5340763, 5340852, 5340854, 5340853, 5340855.