1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Feb 3, 10:55 AM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1055 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2004
KEPT WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 4 PM. LATEST RADAR AND
SURFACE DATA COLLABORATED WITH RECENT RUC RUNS SHOWS PATCHES OF
PRECIPITATION DIMINISHING ACROSS THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE EITHER STEADY OR GO UP A COUPLE DEGREES. SO MOST
LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE PERIODS OF RAIN OR WET SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON...WHILE THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND I-80 CORRIDOR CAN CONTINUE
TO HAVE SOME SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN.
REST UNCHANGED. ...GIORDANO
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY FOR ZONE MDZ001.
OH...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR
OHZ039>041...OHZ048>050...OHZ057>059...OHZO68>069.
PA...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009...PAZ013>016...PAZ022>023...PAZ030...PAZ032.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TODAY FOR ZONES
PAZ020>021...PAZ029.
FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR PAZ020>021...PAZ029...PAZ031.
WV...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041.
FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR WVZ001>004...WVZ012...WVZ021>022.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 550 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-031249- 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- 550 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COMBINATION OF SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN...RAIN...AND SNOW WILL CAUSE A VARIETY OF HAZARDS TODAY. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND LOCATIONS NEAR I-80 WHERE ICE CAN ACCUMULATE MORE THAN A QUARTER INCH OR SNOW CAN ACCUMULATE 6 INCHES. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY DUE TO FREEZING RAIN CAUSING A THIN COAT OF ICE. SOME SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND MELTING SNOW CAN ALSO RESULT IN FLOODING IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS. SO A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE SKYWARN SPOTTER NETWORK MAY BE ACTIVATED TODAY.
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:32 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Ice jam caused flooding on Route 148 between Powhatan Pt and Captina. Route 149 flooded again near Belmont at Cleves Crossing.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 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: 5385230.