Hail in Ohio, August 4, 2004

Name: Hail in Ohio, August 4, 2004
Start: 2004-08-04T13:10
End: 2004-08-04T13:10
Location: Ohio

August 4, 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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Fire, smoke and dust
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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 4, 10:50 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 10:50 AM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1150 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
UPDATED ZONES FOR FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 10 AM THU. WATCH STARTS
IMMEDIATELY. EXPECT TO BE IN SPC WATCH SOON. INGREDIENTS LOOK GOOD FOR
SVR WX.
&&

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
MENTIONED CHC POPS MON NGT AND TUE AS NEXT SYSTEM PULLS THRU GRTLKS.
OTHERWISE DRY.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MDZ001 TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
OH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069
     TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
PA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-029>032
     TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
WV...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041
     TIL 10 AM THURSDAY.
&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:56 AM EST, 8 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
556 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023-
029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-050955-
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-
556 AM EDT WED AUG 4 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY
AND ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE TONIGHT.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. SOME STORMS WILL ALSO
CONTAIN TORRENTIAL RAINS. A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTH OF PITTSBURGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON
THURSDAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE. A
FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM THURSDAY
FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA NORTH OF PITTSBURGH.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:40 PM EST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
140 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

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

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ZANESVILLE              39.95N 82.01W
08/04/2004                   MUSKINGUM          OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            TREES REPORTED DOWNED BY THUNDERSTORMS WINDS IN
            ZANESVILLE/CONCORD AREAS.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:42 PM EST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
142 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

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

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CAMBRIDGE               40.03N 81.59W
08/04/2004                   GUERNSEY           OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            WIDFESPREAD TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED THROUGHOUT
            COUNTY. EASTERN HALF OF COUNTY IS COMPLETELY WITHOUT
            POWER. SOME ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 12:54 PM EST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
154 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

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

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CADIZ                   40.27N 80.99W
08/04/2004                   HARRISON           OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES IN THE
            CADIZ/DEERSVILLE AREAS. SOME POWER OUTAGES.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:02 PM EST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
202 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

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

1250 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WOODSFIELD              39.76N 81.12W
08/04/2004                   MONROE             OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY WITH TREES DOWN
            ON STATE ROUTES 78, 800 SOUTH, COUNTY ROAD 77.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:05 PM EST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
205 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

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

1250 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ADENA                   40.22N 80.88W
08/04/2004                   HARRISON           OH   SKYWARN SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG COUNTY ROAD 36 NEAR ADENA.

&&

Local storm report, Aug 4, 1:10 PM EST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
210 PM EDT WED AUG 04 2004

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

&&

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Belmont

When: August 4, 1:10 PM EST
Where: Belmont County, Bridgeport
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.067, -80.750

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: 5418054.