4 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 16, 3:27 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
327 AM EST TUE MAR 16 2004
.DISCUSSION...
UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF NW FLO ALOFT A COUPLE OF SHORT WAVES TO
AFFECT THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND WED. INTIAL AND STGR S/W OVR
MID MS VLY TO PIVOT THRU OH VLY TDA TAKING ON A NEG TILT. GFS
SOLN HAS BEEN MOST CONSISTENT AND IS MORE AMPLIFIED AND A LTL
QUICKER THAN ETA SOLN. ASSOCIATED SFC WAVE TO TRACK ACRS KY
TO PSN OVR SE OH BY 18Z. MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR SNOW WILL BE
FROM E CNTRL IN THRU THE DAYTON AREA TO N OF CMH WHERE FAVORABLE
7H DEFORMATION WL EXIST AND GOOD FRONTOGENESIS IS INDICATED THIS
MRNG. XPCT TO OBSERVE ARND 5 INCHES IN THIS FAVORED AREA...SO
WL CONT 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. PRECIP TO THE SOUTH AND E OF I-71
WL BE MIXED RAIN AND SNOW. THIS ALONG WITH DRY SLOT WHICH WORKS
IN THIS AFTN WL LIMIT SNOW AMOUNTS. HAVE GENERALLY FOLLOWED
GFS PARTIAL THICKNESS TO DETERMINE PRECIP TYPE. WL CONT WINTER
STORM WARNINGS WHERE POSTED. WL ALSO CONT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
WHERE POSTED BUT WL CUT BACK SNOW AMOUNTS TO 1 TO 2 INCHES DUE TO
MIX AND DRY SLOT. HAVE CUT TEMPS BLO MAV GUID TDA DUE TO CLDS
AND PRECIP AND NE LO LVL FLO.
BRIEF RDGG TO BLD IN TNGT BUT LO LVL MSTR WL LINGER. DUE TO CLDS
HAVE CONT NIGHT TIME TREND OF GOING A LTL WARMER THAN MAV GUID TEMPS.
NXT CLIPPER TYPE SYS TO AFFECT THE AREA WED. BEST LIFT AND MSTR TO
AFFECT THE SW PORTION OF CWA ON WED. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO LKLY CAT
ACRS THE CVG AND PMH AREAS WHERE 1 TO 2 INCH SNOWFALLS LOOK PSBL.
WL LINGER A CHC OF SNOW INTO WED EVE WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUM
EXPECTED.
&&
.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY FOR INZ050-058-059-066
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR INZ073>075-080
OH...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY FOR
OHZ026-034-035-042>046-053>056-060>062-070
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR
OHZ063>065-071>074-077-078-080
KY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR KYZ091>093
ARThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong late season winter storm moved through the Ohio Valley, producing between three and five inches of snow across the Whitewater Valley.
A strong late season winter storm moved through the Ohio Valley, producing between three and five inches of snow across the Whitewater Valley.
A strong late season winter storm moved through the Ohio Valley, producing between three and five inches of snow across the Whitewater Valley.
A strong late season winter storm moved through the Ohio Valley, producing between three and five inches of snow across the Whitewater Valley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, March 2004
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: 5393388, 5393390, 5393391, 5393389.