1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 2, 11:03 PM EST, 5 hours 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
1103 PM EST MON FEB 2 2004
UPDATED FOR WARNINGS AND TO CANCEL PART OF ADV FOR SE OHIO...WHICH IS
TOO WARM FOR ICE ACCUM. TOUGH FORECAST. STRONG GRADIENT AND TEMPS WITH
COLD AIR TRAPPED E OF PIT AGAINST MTNS. STRONG OMEGA TO MOVE OVER THIS
AREA NR 06Z, IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE MUCH DYNAMIC COOLING AND COULD BRING
SFC TEMPS LO ENUF FOR SNOW. ALSO...ELEVATIONS DIFFS IN HIEST COUNTIES
BRING A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY PRECIP.
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WINTER STORM WARNING TIL NOON TUESDAY MDZ001.
OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL NOON TUESDAY OHZ039-040-041-049-
050-059.
PA...WINTER STORM WARNING TIL NOON TUESDAY
PAZ007-008-009-013-014-015-016-022-023-030-032.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL NOON TUESDAY PAZ020-021-029-031.
WV...WINTER STORM WARNING TIL NOON TUESDAY WVZ023-041.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TIL NOON TUESDAY WVZ001-002-003-004.HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 558 AM EST MON FEB 2 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-021241- 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- 558 AM EST MON FEB 2 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH IS CONTINUING A WINTER STORM WATCH. A WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE BEGINNING TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF SNOW INTO THE REGION ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An ice jam caused flooding along Little McMahon Creek (near Willow Grove Rd) between St Clairsville and Neffs.
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: 5385226.