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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 8, 200928 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this winter storm watch at Jan 8, 2009, 4:10 PM EST for 28 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 9, 2009, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2009, 4:10 PM EST (21:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2009, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2009, 11:12 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 21:13 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 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 Jan 8, 3:52 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 3:52 PM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 11:06 AM EST, 5 hours 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 7, 8:00 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	37 hr
Jan 7, 8:46 PM EST	Gale Warning	CLE		10 hr
Jan 7, 10:32 PM EST	Low Water Advisory	CLE		11 hr
Jan 7, 8:00 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	Erie	44 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2009 Winter Storm Watches in Pennsylvania, 2009 Every winter storm watch in 2009

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.