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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow advisory at Dec 16, 2016, 3:51 AM EST for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2016, 3:51 AM EST (08:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2016, 8:25 AM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 174 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 116 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 15, 11:51 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 11:51 PM EST, 4 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:04 PM EST, 11 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 OHZ012>014-089-PAZ001>003-162115- LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD- 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ON SATURDAY AND PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ011-162115- CUYAHOGA- 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ON SATURDAY AND PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ023-162115- TRUMBULL- 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ON SATURDAY AND PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. OHZ003-006>010-017>022-027>033-036>038-047-162115- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE-LORAIN-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA- SUMMIT-PORTAGE-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK- MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX- 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND CHILL ADVISORY. A ROUND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BEFORE MIXING WITH OR CHANGING OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH SOME ICING EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ON SATURDAY AND PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO RAIN. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ142>145-162>165-162115- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...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. LEZ061-146>149-166>169-162115- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH- LAKE ERIE NEARSHORE WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 404 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 8:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lake | 91 min |
| Dec 15, 9:48 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 12 hr | |
| Dec 15, 9:51 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lake | 84 min |
| Dec 15, 11:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lake | 96 min |
| Dec 16, 3:51 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 53 hr |
Nearby
Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Ohio, 2016Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Every lake effect snow advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.