1 flood, 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 Mar 5, 9:45 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 945 PM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 .DISCUSSION... STRONGER WINDS HAVE LIFTED TO THE NORTHEAST. HAVE THUS DROPPED THE HIGH WIND ADVISORY. RAINS...MODERATE AT TIMES...CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE WATCH AREA. WILL KEEP THE WATCH UP FOR NOW. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY THRU 7 AM SATURDAY OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OH THRU 7 AM SATURDAY && && JTD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 510 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-051210- 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- 510 AM EST FRI MAR 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ACROSS THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS NORTH INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO...WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RYAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain moved across portions of northeast Kentucky during the evening, depositing between two and three inches of rain. This caused high water on a few roads in the southern part of Lewis County.
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, 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: 5394787.