Flood, Coshocton
- When
- February 9, 10:00 PM EST to February 11, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coshocton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.302, -81.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Ohio, February 9 to 11, 2005
2 ft at 4 PM on 10th; and fell below flood stage 9 AM on the 11th.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
On the Muskingum River, Coshocton went above flood stage (15 ft) at 10 PM on the 9th; crested at 15.2 ft at 4 PM on 10th; and fell below flood stage 9 AM on the 11th. (CORRECTED AFTER 1st TRANSMISSION)
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 Feb 9, 2:40 PM EST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 2:40 PM EST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
240 PM EST WED FEB 9 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)...
PIT CWA AGAIN ON THE EDGE OF SN THIS AFTN AS 19Z OBS IND WND SHIFT
LINE RIGHT ON THE WRN PERIMETER OF THE CWA. SFC LOW WAS CNTRD OVR
FAYETTE COUNTY WITH NR A 1 MB PRES FALL PER HR. THIS FEATURE WL
DIG EWD...AND DRAG COLDER AIR OVER THE AREA...CHANGING THE RA TO SN
AS THE EVE PROGRESSES. HOWEVER...BEST DYNAMICS ARE ALSO SHIFTING SO
OVERALL ACCUM IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AS THE ACTIVITY WL BECOME MORE
SCT IN NATURE. EXCEPTION LKS TO BE THE RIDGE CNTIES TO THE E AND SE
OF PIT WHERE STRNG LLVL OMEGA WL DVLP AS THE UPSLOPE INTENSIFIES
LATE TNGT INTO THURSDAY. HAVE ISSUED WSW FOR 2 TO 4 INCH SN
AMOUNTS ON THUR...WITH DELAY DUE TO TIMING OF COLDER AIR ADVECTING
INTO THAT AREA...FAVORABLE NMBRS NOT EXPECTED TIL AFTR MIDNGT.
OTHERWISE...ONLY SMALL PCPN CHC INCLUDED FOR FRI DUE TO SHRTWV XG IN
NW FLOW.
&&
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
SFC LO OVER CNTRL PLNS WL MOV EWD AND SPREAD PCPN BACK INTO UPR OH
VLY RGN SUN AND MON. CDFNT WL DROP SWD THRU GRTLKS MON NGT AND BRING
RETURN OF COLDER AIR. WL KEEP CHC POPS FOR RAIN/SNOW SHWRS
TUE...THEN DRY WED AS SFC RDGS BLDS IN.
&&
.AVIATION...
SFC LO FCST TO DVLP OVR NRN WV/WRN MD AND MOV EWD TNGT. IFR CIGS
EXPECTED TO CONT TNGT WITH LOW LVL MOISTURE RMNG ACRS RGN. VIS WL
FQTLY DROP BLO 3SM IN PCPN AND FOG ALSO. RAIN WL CHG OVER TO SNOW
ERY TNGT AS SFC WINDS BCM NWLY AND COLDER AIR FILTERS IN BHD SFC LO.
&&
.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MDZ001 FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM
THURSDAY.
OH...NONE.
PA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PAZ030-PAZ032 FROM 1 AM THURSDAY
TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WVZ023-WVZ041 FROM 1 AM THURSDAY
TO 6 PM THURSDAY.
&&
15/14Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 5:00 AM EST, 17 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 500 AM EST WED FEB 9 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-101000- 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 WED FEB 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM THIS MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE BY LATE MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 5438188.