Winter Weather in Indiana, February 6 to 7, 2004

Name: Winter Weather in Indiana, February 6 to 7, 2004
Start: 2004-02-06T20:00
End: 2004-02-07T07:00
Location: Indiana

February 6 to 7, 2004 · NWS PAH · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Light snow began during the evening hours, starting as a period of freezing drizzle. Police reported icy conditions.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 PAH wrote it up.

Light snow began during the evening hours, starting as a period of freezing drizzle. Police reported icy conditions. Bridges and overpasses were especially dangerous. Snow accumulations on top of the ice were around one half inch.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 6, 1:44 PM CST, 6 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:44 PM CST, 6 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 4:46 AM CST, 15 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
446 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100-
107>112-114-071100-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY-
CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY-
CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY-
GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY-
HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-
LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY-
MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN-
POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN-
STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN-
WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL-
WILLIAMSON IL-
446 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL BE VERY LIGHT...SOME
ROADWAYS MAY BECOME SLICK AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY...AND THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN
OR SNOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
APPEAR TO BE MINOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 6, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Gibson

When: February 6, 8:00 PM CST to February 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Gibson forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.312, -87.585 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pike

When: February 6, 8:00 PM CST to February 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Pike forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.399, -87.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Posey

When: February 6, 8:00 PM CST to February 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Posey forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.022, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Spencer

When: February 6, 8:00 PM CST to February 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Spencer forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Vanderburgh

When: February 6, 8:00 PM CST to February 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Vanderburgh forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Warrick

When: February 6, 8:00 PM CST to February 7, 7:00 AM CST
Where: Warrick forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Indiana in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Indiana, February 2004

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5383400, 5383401, 5383402, 5383403, 5383404, 5383405.