Hail in Ohio, August 18, 2004

Name: Hail in Ohio, August 18, 2004
Start: 2004-08-18T21:35
End: 2004-08-18T21:35
Location: Ohio

August 18, 2004 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 1:53 PM EST, 7 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:53 PM EST, 7 hours 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
253 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

.AVIATION...
ANY AFTN CU SHOULD DISSIPATE TOWARD EVENING TO BE REPLACED BY MID
DECK.  WILL LEAVE OUT CHC FOR THE EVENING PERIOD THOUGH COULD BE
SOME RENEGADE CONVECTION DEVELOP LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.
MAIN EVENT WITH FRONT APPROACHING WILL BE AFT 06Z WRN TERMINALS AND
TOWARD DAWN PIT TERMINAL WHEN WILL GO WITH TEMPO MVFR CIGS AND VSBY
IN TRW-.

&&

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)...
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT
INTO THURSDAY MORNING AND STRETCH OUT EAST-WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
COUNTIES BY THURSDAY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF AND WITH THE FROPA WITH THE GREATEST CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A WAVE WILL FORM ON
THE FRONT BY FRIDAY MORNING AND PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD
OF THIS SYSTEM.
&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE DISTRICT SATURDAY
MORNING BRINGING AN END TO THE SHOWERS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND MUCH
COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.
&&

AVIATION...08
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...06

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 3:45 AM EST, 17 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
445 AM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-190844-
ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-BEAVER PA-BELMONT OH-BROOKE WV-BUTLER PA-
CARROLL OH-CLARION PA-COLUMBIANA OH-COSHOCTON OH-FAYETTE PA-
FOREST PA-GARRETT MD-GREENE PA-GUERNSEY OH-HANCOCK WV-HARRISON OH-
INDIANA PA-JEFFERSON PA-JEFFERSON OH-LAWRENCE PA-MARION WV-
MARSHALL WV-MERCER PA-MONONGALIA WV-MONROE OH-MUSKINGUM OH-NOBLE OH-
OHIO WV-PRESTON WV-TUCKER WV-TUSCARAWAS OH-VENANGO PA-WASHINGTON PA-
WESTMORELAND PA-WETZEL WV-
445 AM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND
GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 7:27 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
827 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0715 PM     HAIL             MINERAL CITY            40.60N 81.36W
08/18/2004  0.88 INCH        TUSCARAWAS         OH   COUNTY EOC

&&

AWIPSUSR

Local storm report, Aug 18, 8:04 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
904 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 PM     HAIL             ZANESVILLE              39.95N 82.01W
08/18/2004  0.75 INCH        MUSKINGUM          OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            TREE DOWN.

0750 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CARROLLTON              40.58N 81.09W
08/18/2004                   CARROLL            OH   COUNTY EOC

            3 TREES DOWN.

&&

AWIPSUSR

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 8:14 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
914 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

OHZ058-068-190235-
GUERNSEY OH-NOBLE OH-
914 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO AREA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN CLAYSVILLE AND CUMBERLAND IN SOUTHERN GUERNSEY
COUNTY, MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
FREQUENT LIGHTENING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.  ALSO, WIND GUSTS TO
40 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE GLENWOOD, SARAHSVILLE, AND SENECA LAKE.
ROADS IMPACTED ARE INTERSTATE 77, AND ROUTES 146 AND 285.

WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, MOVE INDOORS.  TUNE IN FOR
UPDATES.

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 8:51 PM EST, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
951 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

WVZ004-190215-
MARSHALL WV-
951 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO AREA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM CROSSING THE OHIO RIVER, INTO MARSHALL COUNTY WEST
VIRGINIA, MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
FREQUENT LIGHTENING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.  ALSO, WIND GUSTS TO
40 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE GRAVE CREEK, GLEN EASTON, AND CAMERON.
ROADS IMPACTED ARE COUNTY ROADS 21 AND 62, AND ROUTE 250.

WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, MOVE INDOORS.  TUNE IN FOR
UPDATES.

Local storm report, Aug 18, 8:58 PM EST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
958 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 PM     HAIL             3 S SUMMERFIELD         39.75N 81.34W
08/18/2004  0.75 INCH        NOBLE              OH   COUNTY EOC

            TREE DOWN.

&&

AWIPSUSR

Local storm report, Aug 18, 9:15 PM EST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1015 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 PM     HAIL             LEWISVILLE              39.77N 81.22W
08/18/2004  0.75 INCH        MONROE             OH   PUBLIC

&&

AWIPSUSR

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:33 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Monroe

When: August 18, 9:35 PM EST
Where: Monroe County, Fly
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 39.567, -81.000

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5417760.