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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 12, 2008Ashtabula County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow advisory at Dec 12, 2008, 4:01 AM EST for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 10:42 AM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2008, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 12, 2008, 10:42 AM EST
Expired: Dec 13, 2008, 3:25 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 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 lake effect snow advisory 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 advisory went out at Dec 11, 11:24 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 11, 11:24 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 11, 5:15 AM EST, 22 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
515 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>013-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001-121015-
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-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-HANCOCK-SENECA-
HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-
ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
515 AM EST THU DEC 11 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF
STRONGER WINDS MIXING TO THE SURFACE MAY LEAD TO WINDY DAYS ON
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ014-PAZ002-003-121015-
ASHTABULA INLAND-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
515 AM EST THU DEC 11 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A CLIPPER STORM SYSTEM. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
AROUND 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR INLAND ERIE COUNTY.

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS THE SURFACE
PRESSURE GRADIENT STRENGTHENS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL OF
STRONGER WINDS MIXING TO THE SURFACE MAY LEAD TO WINDY DAYS ON
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 3:25 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	Erie	7 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2008 Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Ohio, 2008 Every lake effect snow advisory 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.