1 flash flood, 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 23, 8:59 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
859 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003
UPDTE TO AD ANOTHER INCH OR SO ACCML ECNTRL OHIO/NRN WVA/LRLS.
REST SAME.
.PBZ...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY MDZ001
WINTER WEATHER ADV TODAY MDZ001
OH...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068>069
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-029>032
WV...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041
WINTER WEATHER ADV TODAY WVZ023-041.MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-231200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 520 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... NO SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED.
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
636 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0120 AM MOUNDSVILLE WV FLOODING
02/23/03 MARSHALL MIDDLE GRAVE CREEK AND
BIG GRAVE CREEK FLOODED.
(LAW ENFORCEMENT)
0120 AM MCMECHEN WV FLOODING
02/23/03 MARSHALL JIMS RUN FLOODED. (LAW
ENFORCEMENT)
0140 AM 2 E UNIONTOWN PA FLOODING
02/23/03 FAYETTE VICTORIA LANE FLOODED
IN HOPWOOD. (SPOTTER)
0200 AM GRAYSVILLE WV FLOODING
02/23/03 MARSHALL FISH CREEK ROAD FLOODED
BY FISH CREEK (LAW
ENFORCEMENT)
0345 AM NINEVEH PA FLOODING
02/23/03 GREENE BROWN CREEK FLOODED ROUTE
18...SOUTH OF NINEVEH.
(LAW ENFORCEMENT)
0400 AM MOUNDSVILLE WV FLOODING
02/23/03 MARSHALL CONTINUES ALONG BIG GRAVE
CREEK. (LAW ENFORCEMENT)
0410 AM CALIFORNIA PA FLOODING
02/23/03 WASHINGTON BY PIKE RUN CREEK ACROSS
STATE ROUTE 2030. (LAW EN)MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-231600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 805 AM EST SUN FEB 23 2003 ...CAUTION IN TRAVEL... WET ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SNOW COVERED THIS MORNING AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW FREEZING ALONG WITH SNOW. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO HAMPER TRAVEL AT TIMES... REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE HALF MILE IN SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN TRAVEL. A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION TODAY.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Small streams and creeks flooded, covering unspecified roads. Some people had to be evacuated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, 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: 5342656.