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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 7, 200528 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this winter storm watch at Dec 7, 2005, 3:13 PM EST for 28 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 8, 2005, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2005, 3:13 PM EST (20:13 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 8, 2005, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 8, 2005, 7:08 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
All 30 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2005-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 7, 3:10 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:10 PM EST, 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 6:35 AM EST, 8 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
635 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005

OHZ003-006>010-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-081145-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-
MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-
WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
635 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING
AND AGAIN TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 10 MPH SO THE WIND
CHILL WILL NOT BE SIGNIFICANT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE AT
LEAST 3 INCHES TO AS MUCH AS 5 OR 6 INCHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-081145-
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD-
635 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...
GEAUGA...AND INLAND ASHTABULA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO
AND INLAND ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL 7 PM...
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY AND
THE ASHTABULA COUNTY LAKESHORE AND THE ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA
LAKESHORE UNTIL 7 PM.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES
OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TODAY IN THE WARNING AREA WITH 3 TO 5
INCHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CAUSE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SNOW IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE AT
LEAST 3 INCHES TO AS MUCH AS 5 OR 6 INCHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.

LEZ142>149-162>169-081145-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-
GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON-
THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-
635 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AN ICE ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN LAKE ERIE WHERE
MODERATE ICE GROWTH CAN BE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN
TONIGHT. THE OPEN WATERS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED MUCH BUT NEW SHORE
ICE AND NEW ICE ON BAYS AND AROUND THE ISLANDS CAN BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

KOSARIK

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.