This image shows residents of Mansfield, Ohio digging their vehicles out of deep snow on December 23, 2004.

Pre-Christmas 2004 Ohio Valley Snow and Ice Storm

Remembering the record December 22-23, 2004 winter storm in the Ohio Valley

This image shows the track of the low pressure system and associated swath of snow and ice, along with contours of snowfall amounts.
This image shows big snow piles in Sandusky, Ohio on December 24, 2004.
This image shows big snow piles in Sandusky, Ohio on December 24, 2004.
This image shows the track of the low pressure system and associated swath of snow and ice, along with contours of snowfall amounts.
This image shows big snow piles in Sandusky, Ohio on December 24, 2004.
This image shows big snow piles in Sandusky, Ohio on December 24, 2004.

Credits

This 20-Year Anniversary StoryMap of the December 22-23, 2004 pre-Christmas snow and ice storm was a collaborative effort focused on sharing the science, impacts, stories, and memories from the event. The content, imagery and animations were authored by the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Cleveland and Wilmington, Ohio.

Story Design/Writing/Assembly

Richard Garuckas/Raelene Campbell, NWS Cleveland, OH

Kristen Cassady, NWS Wilmington, OH

Meteorology

Jim Sullivan, NWS Cleveland, OH

Kristen Cassady, NWS Wilmington, OH

Radar Imagery

Patrick Saunders/Doug Kahn, NWS Cleveland, OH

Satellite Imagery

Scott Lindstrom, CIMMS/SSEC, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Pictures

National Weather Service, Dayton Daily News, The Columbus Dispatch, Wikimedia Commons, Jessica Habat, Amy Aldridge Ritchey, Douglas Perry, Graham Coursey, Linda Zinn, Sheila O'Malley Fenton, Michael Koba, Todd Algie Young, Walt Schmidt

TV Media Clips

WJW-TV 8, WEWS-TV 5, WHIO-TV 7, WCPO-TV 9

Reflections/Stores

Richard Garuckas, NWS Cleveland, OH Meteorologist

Jim Kosarik, Retired NWS Cleveland, OH Lead Meteorologist