1 winter storm, 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 8:30 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 830 PM EST THU JAN 29 2004 .DISCUSSION... SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE SRN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWFA...WITH SNOW NOW TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES. STARTING TO GET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACRS THE CVG AREA. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS LIKELY BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF TO FLURRIES HERE. WILL ISSUE A QUICK UPDATE TO EXTEND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ACRS THE S CNTRL OHIO NRN KY GROUP TO 2 AM AS SNOW WILL LIKELY LINGER HERE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINTER WEATEHR ADVISORY FOR THE CVG TO END AROUND MIDNIGHT STILL LOOKS GOOD. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR INZ073>075-080- KY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR KYZ089>096-KYZ097>100 OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR OHZ077-078-OHZ079>082-088- &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 447 AM EST THU JAN 29 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-291200- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 447 AM EST THU JAN 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL ENTER THE REGION TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO THE WEST. WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL PUSH WIND CHILL VALUES TO 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF ZERO...AND SOME WIND IS EXPECTED. LITTLE IF ANY WINDS AT THESE TEMPERATURES WILL PUT WIND CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW RANGE. IF FUTURE FORECASTS SHOW A DECREASE IN TEMPERATURE OR AN INCREASE IN WIND...A WIND CHILL WATCH OR WARNING WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Low pressure tracked over the Ohio Valley and created widespread snowfall of 1 1/2 to 3 inches. One report from the Highland Heights area was 3.8 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 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: 5380866.