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Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 20, 200813 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this winter storm watch at Mar 20, 2008, 3:16 PM EDT for 13 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 21, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2008, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2008, 3:48 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Erie County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 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 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 Mar 20, 1:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 1:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 4:10 AM EDT, 11 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
410 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-210815-
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-
410 AM EDT THU MAR 20 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-210815-
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-
410 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LOMBARDY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 19, 8:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	44 hr
Mar 20, 8:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	12 hr
Mar 20, 9:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	19 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.