Flood, Marshall
- When
- January 5, 10:00 AM EST to January 8, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Property damage
- $650,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.861, -80.663 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
By 10 AM on 5th, Middle and Big Grave Creeks flooded near Moundsville. A mud slide closed Rte 2 near Washington Lands.
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 episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.
By 10 AM on 5th, Middle and Big Grave Creeks flooded near Moundsville. A mud slide closed Rte 2 near Washington Lands. By 945 PM on 5th, one road was flooded near Viola. By noon on 6th, parts of the three Grave Creeks remained flooded. On the Ohio River, Moundsville was above flood stage (37 ft), from 9 AM on 6th to 2 PM on 8th; it crested 43.9 ft 1030 AM on 7th. On the Ohio River, Powhatan Point was above flood stage (37 ft), from 1030 AM on 6th to 3 PM on 8th; it crested 42.7 1 PM on 7th. 28 homes and 12 business were damaged.
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 5, 9:38 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 441 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-060941- 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- 441 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FOR A WINTRY MIX. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH WILL BE SLOWLY FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY CAUSING RAIN THAT WILL BE FALLING TO FREEZE AS IT COMES IN CONTACT WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW 32 DEGREES. ALSO A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TODAY AS RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOST PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO CONTINUES OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING AS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 403 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 OHZ039>041-051500- CARROLL OH-COLUMBIANA OH-TUSCARAWAS OH- 403 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005 ...FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TODAY... COLDER AIR IS SLOWLY PUSHING DOWN TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. HOWEVER...A CHANGE IN THE POSITION OF THE STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA COULD ALLOW BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES TO MOVE FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. IF THIS COLDER AIR MOVES IN LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW 32 DEGREES. IT WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AREA TEMPERATURES AND BE PREPARED IF COLDER AIR DOES MOVE IN. IF FREEZING RAIN DOES OCCUR...BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING DRIVING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS OR LOG ON TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PBZ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
950 AM EST WED JAN 05 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0820 AM FLOOD 5 SW WAYNESBURG 39.85N 80.25W
01/05/2005 GREENE PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
STEWARTS RUN CREEK OUT OF BANKS AND FLOODING FIELDS.
0900 AM FLOOD 6 SE WAYNESBURG 39.84N 80.11W
01/05/2005 GREENE PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
NUMEROUS STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE MT. MORRIS
AREA.
0834 AM FLOOD CLARINGTON 39.78N 80.87W
01/05/2005 MONROE OH SKYWARN SPOTTER
OLD OHIO ROUTE 7 CLOSED. SECTIONS OF 6 POINTS ROAD,
CLOUNTY ROAD 28, AND TOWNSHIP ROAD 8 CLOSED DUE TO
STREAMS FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
0845 AM FLOOD N ST. CLAIRSVILLE 40.08N 80.90W
01/05/2005 BELMONT OH SKYWARN SPOTTER
JUG RUN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO STREAM FLOODING JUST NORTH OF
TOWN.
0945 AM FLOOD WAYNESBURG 39.90N 80.19W
01/05/2005 GREENE PA SKYWARN SPOTTER
PRUSLEY CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS SOUTH OF WAYNESBURG. 10
MNNILE CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS IN TWO PLACES JUST WEST OF
WAYNESBURG ABOVE THE DAM.
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in West Virginia in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, January 2005
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5433206.