1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jan 27, 7:50 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 750 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2004 WILL UPDATE ZONE FORECAST TO LOWER MIN TEMPS A COUPLE OF DEGREES TONIGHT AS COLD AIR IS RAPIDLY MARCHING ACROSS OHIO. WILL UP WINDS JUST AND BIT AND GO BRISK FOR ALL ZONES OVERNIGHT. .PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONE MDZ001. OH...NONE. PA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES PAZ023...PAZ030... PAZ032. WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES WVZ023...WVZ041. && RSD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 500 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2004 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-271200- 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- 500 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ACROSS THE AREA WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE OVER AREAS TO THE NORTH OF PITTSBURGH. PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO ALL SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE 2 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH UP TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED ON THE RIDGETOPS BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... 15
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snow began the afternoon of the 27th. By 11 PM, Hopedale reported 6 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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