Name: Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 18, 2004
Start: 2004-08-18T18:50
End: 2004-08-18T18:50
Location: Ohio

Where it happened

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

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

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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, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:53 PM EST, 4 hours 57 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, 15 hours 5 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

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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

OHZ039-190100-
TUSCARAWAS OH-
607 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO TUSCARAWAS COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST, TOWARD TUSCARAWAS COUNTY, AT 20 MILES AN
HOUR.  THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF
TUSCARAWAS COUNTY BETWEEN 6:15 AND 7:30 PM.

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY.
ALSO, WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR, AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

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

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:17 PM EST, 33 minutes before

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

OHZ040-190030-
CARROLL OH-
717 PM EDT WED AUG 18 2004

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CARROLL COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF TUSCARAWAS
COUNTY INTO THE NORTHERN HALF OF CARROLL COUNTY. STORMS ARE MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PART OF
CARROLL COUNTY BETWEEN 7:15 AND 8:15 PM.

TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES, GUSTY THUNDERSTORM
WINDS AND HAIL ARE LIKELY.

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

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 73 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: August 18, 6:50 PM EST
Where: Carroll County, Carrollton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.567, -81.083

3 trees down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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: 5417756.