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Lake Effect Snow Watch 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 7, 20116 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow watch at Jan 7, 2011, 3:30 AM EST for 6 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 8, 2011, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2011, 3:30 AM EST (08:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 8, 2011, 3:28 AM EST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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 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 lake effect snow watch went out at Jan 6, 11:54 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 11:54 PM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 9:56 PM EST, 5 hours 34 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 6, 9:45 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	13 hr
Jan 6, 9:45 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula	7 hr
Jan 7, 3:18 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Summit and 1 more	44 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Watches in Ohio, 2011 Lake Effect Snow Watches in Pennsylvania, 2011 Every lake effect snow watch in 2011

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.