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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 2, 20176 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow advisory at Mar 2, 2017, 10:24 PM EST for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 2, 2017, 10:24 PM EST (03:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 3, 2017, 2:38 PM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 161 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 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 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 Mar 2, 9:42 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 9:42 PM EST, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 7:03 AM EST, 15 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
703 AM EST Thu Mar 2 2017

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-031215-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-
Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-
703 AM EST Thu Mar 2 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and 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.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-031215-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
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 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 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-
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-
703 AM EST Thu Mar 2 2017

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 2, 9:02 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
902 PM EST THU MAR 2 2017

OHZ010-011-013-020>022-031-030330-
Summit OH-Geauga OH-Portage OH-Medina OH-Lorain OH-Cuyahoga OH-
Wayne OH-
902 PM EST THU MAR 2 2017

...Several intense snow squalls will affect western
Portage...southern Geauga...Cuyahoga...Medina...Summit...northern
Wayne and Lorain Counties Until 1030 PM EST...

At 859 PM EST, radar indicated several intense snow squalls across
the region. This intense bands will mainly impact northern Lorain
and western Cuyahoga county through 10 pm.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Visibility rapidly dropping to less than a quarter of a mile...
A quick 1 to locally 3 inches of snow will be possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cleveland, Akron, Lorain, Elyria, Medina, Ravenna, Vermilion, Parma,
Lakewood, Cuyahoga Falls, Euclid, Cleveland Heights, Strongsville,
Brunswick, Westlake, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, Kent,
Barberton and Green.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this snow
squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads are
likely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until the
squall passes your location.

LAT...LON 4097 8213 4099 8213 4100 8217 4106 8217
      4106 8223 4123 8234 4143 8234 4143 8227
      4150 8214 4152 8200 4150 8187 4153 8172
      4158 8162 4152 8101 4098 8133 4098 8142
      4091 8142 4091 8165 4084 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0159Z 180DEG 0KT 4108 8188

&&

ODOT DMS  302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 317, 318,
319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 328, and 329.

Mullen

Local storm report, Mar 2, 9:23 PM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
923 PM EST THU MAR 02 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0816 PM     SNOW             PIERPONT 2SE            41.74N  80.54W
03/02/2017  M3.8 INCH        ASHTABULA          OH   SNOW SPOTTER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

&&

BM

Local storm report, Mar 2, 10:05 PM EST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1005 PM EST THU MAR 02 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1004 PM     SNOW             ELYRIA                  41.29N  82.16W
03/02/2017  M2.0 INCH        LORAIN             OH   SNOW SPOTTER

            12 HOUR SNOWFALL.

&&

BM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 9:02 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Summit	88 min
Mar 2, 10:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lorain, Portage, Summit	88 min
Mar 2, 11:45 PM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Summit and 1 more	15 hr
Mar 3, 12:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Portage, Summit	85 min
Mar 3, 1:29 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	91 min
Mar 3, 3:41 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		30 hr
Mar 3, 6:08 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Portage	97 min
Mar 3, 7:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain	68 min
Mar 3, 8:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Lake	84 min
Mar 3, 8:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga, Huron, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit and 1 more	85 min
Mar 3, 10:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Mahoning, Richland, Stark, Wayne	91 min
Mar 3, 6:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	95 min
Mar 3, 1:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie	83 min

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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.