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Winter Weather Advisory 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 24, 20168 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this winter weather advisory at Feb 24, 2016, 3:31 PM EST for 8 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2016, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 26, 2016, 6:00 AM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wood County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 286 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 310 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
516 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
447 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter weather 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 winter weather advisory went out at Feb 23, 6:15 PM EST, 21 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:15 PM EST, 21 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 4:08 PM EST, 23 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
408 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-240915-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-HANCOCK-SENECA-WYANDOT-
408 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NORTHERN
OHIO...BRINGING A PERIOD OF RAIN FOLLOWED BY A CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY
NIGHT WILL BE 3 TO 4 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.2 INCHES TO 1.5 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RUN HIGH. THERE
MAY BE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR FREEZING.

GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WEDNESDAY...SHIFTING
TO THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY.

MAKE SURE TO KEEP CURRENT WITH THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ009>014-019>023-028>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-240915-
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HURON-MEDINA-
SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-
MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
408 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE UP THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO NORTHERN
OHIO...BRINGING A PERIOD OF RAIN FOLLOWED BY A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW
BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES FOR PORTIONS OF THE SNOW BELT.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.3 INCHES TO 1.6 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL CAUSE CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RUN HIGH. THERE
MAY BE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE CRITICAL TO THE FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE NEAR FREEZING.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS TO 35 MPH WILL BE LIKELY THURSDAY.

MAKE SURE TO KEEP CURRENT WITH THE LATEST FORECAST UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ142>148-162>168-240915-
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-
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-
408 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...GALE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-149-169-240915-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
408 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OUDEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:22 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCLEErie, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and 2 more6 hr
Feb 24, 4:23 AM ESTGale WarningCLE12 hr
Feb 24, 1:38 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELake33 hr
Feb 24, 2:00 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull41 hr
Feb 24, 4:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEStark21 hr

Nearby

Winter Weather Advisories in Ohio, 2016Winter Weather Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2016Every winter weather 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.