Hail, Tuscarawas
- When
- August 19, 3:10 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Dover
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.517, -81.467
Hail in Ohio, August 19, 2004
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 19, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
300 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004
.AVIATION...
WILL KEEP TSTMS IN TERMINALS THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON THE BREAK OUT TO
MID DECK DURING THE EVENING. PUT IN PATCHY FOG TOWARD MORNING.
&&
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)...
SVR WATCH TIL 8PM THEN LESSENING CHCS DURING THE NIGHT. LIKELY POPS
ON FRI...LESSER CHC FURTHER SOUTH. LIKELY TO CAT POPS FRI NIGHT AS
WV COMES UP. GFS CONTINUES FASTER THAN ETA WITH FROPA ON SATURDAY.
WENT WITH BLEND OF POPS. DRYING TREND ON SAT NGHT AND SUN. TEMPS
SIMILAR TO FWC NOS.
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...
CONTINUE DRY ON TUES UNTIL TUES NIGHT WHEN OVERRUNNING BEGINS.
CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. THURSTEMPS SIMILAR TO MEX NOS.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES OHZ039>041-048>050-
057>059-068-069 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
PA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES PAZ014-016-020-022-023-
029>032 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
WV...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ZONES WVZ001>004 UNTIL 8 PM EDT.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 9:40 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1040 AM EDT THU AUG 19 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-200914- 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- 1040 AM EDT THU AUG 19 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. IN ADDITION THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:58 PM EST, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 158 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004 PAZ021-022-030-191900- ALLEGHENY PA-ARMSTRONG PA-WESTMORELAND PA- 158 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS... AT 200 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF SARVER TO FREEPORT TO NATRONA HEIGHTS...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAIL AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... APOLLO... CROOKED CREEK LAKE PARK... FREEPORT... NATRONA HEIGHTS... NEW KENSINGTON... COMPTON... PLEASANTVILLE... PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-877-633-6772...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
Local storm report, Aug 19, 1:39 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
239 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM HAIL 2 N VANDERGRIFT 40.63N 79.57W
08/19/2004 1.75 INCH ARMSTRONG PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
LARGE HAIL PARTIALLY COVERING GROUND.
0218 PM HAIL APOLLO 40.58N 79.56W
08/19/2004 1.75 INCH ARMSTRONG PA PUBLIC
1.75 INCH HAIL REPORTED IN APOLLO.
0218 PM HAIL 5 NE APOLLO 40.64N 79.50W
08/19/2004 1.00 INCH ARMSTRONG PA PUBLIC
1.00 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
&&Local storm report, Aug 19, 1:49 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
249 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM HAIL INDIANA 40.62N 79.16W
08/19/2004 0.75 INCH INDIANA PA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 0.75 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY.
&&Local storm report, Aug 19, 2:15 PM EST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
315 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0240 PM FUNNEL CLOUD HOMER CITY 40.54N 79.16W
08/19/2004 INDIANA PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY SKYWARN OBSERVER THAT LOWERED
TOWARD THE GROUND, BUT OBSERVER DID NOT SEE IT REACH
GROUND BEFORE DISSIPATING.
&&Local storm report, Aug 19, 2:20 PM EST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
320 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0255 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ENE MCKEESPORT 40.36N 79.79W
08/19/2004 ALLEGHENY PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
TREES REPORTED DOWN.
&&Local storm report, Aug 19, 3:09 PM EST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
409 PM EDT THU AUG 19 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG SPRINGDALE 40.54N 79.78W
08/19/2004 ALLEGHENY PA AMATEUR RADIO
70 MPH WIND GUSTS WITH TREES DOWN.
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG SHALER TOWNSHIP 40.52N 79.96W
08/19/2004 ALLEGHENY PA AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES.
&&
AWIPSUSRThe radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 19 to 20, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 19, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 19, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 19, 2004
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 19, 2004
- Cold in Minnesota, August 19 to 21, 2004
- Cold in North Dakota, August 19 to 21, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 19, 2004
- Hail in New Mexico, August 19, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 19, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 19, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 19, 2004
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5418230.