Winter Weather, Spencer
- When
- March 1, 1:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Spencer forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.014, -87.008 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Indiana, March 1, 2005
Around an inch of snow fell across parts of southwest Indiana, mainly along and south of Interstate 64. Some schools were closed due to the timing of the snowfall, which was coincident with the morning commute.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 3
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 happened
The episode as NWS PAH wrote it up.
Around an inch of snow fell across parts of southwest Indiana, mainly along and south of Interstate 64. Some schools were closed due to the timing of the snowfall, which was coincident with the morning commute. Numerous slide-offs were reported in and around Evansville.
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 4:10 PM CST, 8 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:10 PM CST, 8 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:13 AM CST, 20 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 413 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-011100- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE...CAIRO... PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD...HOPKINSVILLE... EVANSVILLE...MADISONVILLE AND HENDERSON 413 AM CST MON FEB 28 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ALTHOUGH THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT GENERALLY NORTH OF A PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO BOONVILLE INDIANA LINE...TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JAP
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 28, 8:05 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 805 PM CST MON FEB 28 2005 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-010600- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY IL-PERRY MO-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION IL-UNION KY-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE IL-WAYNE MO-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- 810 PM CST (910 PM EST) MON FEB 28 2005 ...ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES BECOMING SLIPPERY... SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WERE OCCURRING ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE QUAD STATE AREA. MOST OF THE SNOW WAS FALLING AS FLURRIES WITH AN OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWER. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A GOOD DUSTING WILL RESULT IN SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. SLIPPERY SPOTS ON ROADS WERE REPORTED NORTH OF CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...AND AGAIN AROUND EVANSVILLE INDIANA AND HENDERSON KENTUCKY. WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO FALL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY WHEN CROSSING BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SMITTY
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Vanderburgh
- When
- March 1, 1:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Vanderburgh forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.025, -87.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Warrick
- When
- March 1, 1:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Warrick forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 38.092, -87.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Drought in Puerto Rico, March 1 to 31, 2005
- Winter Storm in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 2005
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2005
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, March 1 to 3, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 1, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 1, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 1, 2005
- Winter Storm in New York, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 1, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 1 to 2, 2005
- Drought in Colorado, March 1 to 31, 2005
More
Every storm in Indiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, March 2005
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5441834, 5441835, 5441836.