Alert archive / Ohio / Heavy Snow Warnings in 2008
Heavy Snow Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this heavy snow warning at Mar 21, 2008, 8:06 PM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 13 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
- Mar 21, 2008, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this heavy 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 heavy snow warning went out at Mar 21, 7:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 7:56 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 532 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-220945- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- 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- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 532 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ011>013-020>023-031>033-038-220945- CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WAYNE-STARK- MAHONING-HOLMES- 532 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SNOW ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SNOW ADVISORY .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-006>010-017>019-027>030-220945- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON- WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND- 532 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EDT SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SNOW ADVISORY .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ014-089-PAZ001>003-220945- ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 532 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ036-037-047-220945- MARION-MORROW-KNOX- 532 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 528 PM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 OHZ003-006>008-017-018-212330- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-HANCOCK-SENECA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...FINDLAY...TIFFIN 528 PM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008 ...SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER AND HEAVIER THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO... THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE TOLEDO AREA BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM...PORT CLINTON AND BOWLING GREEN AROUND 8 PM...FREMONT BETWEEN 8 AND 9 PM AND TIFFIN ON TOWARD 9 PM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY STAY JUST NORTH OF FINDLAY. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVIER SNOW... THE ONSET OF DARKNESS... AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NEAR FREEZING WILL RESULT IN UNTREATED ROADS QUICKLY BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE LIKELY EARLY TONIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. MOTORISTS HEADING OUT DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTRY TRAVEL. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 6:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 11:21 PM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Huron, Richland and 6 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Heavy Snow Warnings in Ohio, 2008Every heavy snow warning in 2008
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.