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Lake Effect Snow Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 4, 2006Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow warning at Dec 4, 2006, 9:44 PM EST for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 5, 2006, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 4, 2006, 9:44 PM EST (02:44 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2006, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 5, 2006, 3:42 PM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning 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 lake effect snow warning went out at Dec 4, 9:30 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 9:30 PM EST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 4, 6:46 AM EST, 14 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
646 AM EST MON DEC 4 2006

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-051200-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-
TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-
MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
646 AM EST MON DEC 4 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CUYAHOGA AND LAKE
AND GEAUGA COUNTIES UNTIL NOON FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF DAYTIME ACCUMULATION.
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY OCCUR ACROSS THE ENTIRE SNOW
BELT MAINLY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS WILL HAVE TO USE CAUTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY OCCUR FOR TUESDAY MORNING
FOR THE SNOW BELT. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE WIND DIRECTION
SWITCHES WILL DETERMINE IF THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REACH
ADVISORY CRITERIA. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LEZ142>149-162>169-051200-
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-
646 AM EST MON DEC 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KIELTYKA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 5, 3:34 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	8 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Ohio, 2006 Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2006 Every lake effect snow warning in 2006

Sources

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