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Lake Effect Snow Watch 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 9, 2016Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow watch at Feb 9, 2016, 3:46 AM EST for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 10, 2016, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 9, 2016, 3:46 AM EST (08:46 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 9, 2016, 2:27 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 Feb 9, 12:09 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 12:09 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 5:26 AM EST, 22 hours 20 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
Feb 9, 2:27 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga	49 hr
Feb 9, 2:27 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake	49 hr

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Watches in Ohio, 2016 Lake Effect Snow Watches in Pennsylvania, 2016 Every lake effect snow watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.