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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 7, 2017Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jan 7, 2017, 7:31 PM EST for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2017, 7:31 PM EST (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 2017, 9:30 PM EST
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

County Erie County, PA

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jan 7, 6:49 PM EST, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 6:49 PM EST, 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 12:39 PM EST, 6 hours 52 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 7, 2:17 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
217 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017

PAZ001-002-072045-
Northern Erie PA-Southern Erie PA-
217 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017

...Intense snow squalls will affect northern Erie County Until 345
PM EST...

At 213 PM EST, radar indicated intense snow squalls from near Erie
to around Northeast, moving east at 20 mph. The heaviest swath of
snowfall will likely be from downtown Erie to the Pennsylvania and
New York border including Interstate 90 and Interstate 86 through
345 pm.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Visibility rapidly dropping to less than a quarter of a mile...
Up to 2 inches of quick snow accumulation...

Locations impacted include...
Erie, North East, Lawrence Park, Wesleyville, Harborcreek and Avonia.

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 4228 7977 4227 7976 4212 7976 4205 8028
      4209 8027 4211 8021 4214 8018
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 250DEG 16KT 4208 8018

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Mullen
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 7:31 PM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
731 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017

PAZ001-002-080230-
Northern Erie PA-Southern Erie PA-
731 PM EST SAT JAN 7 2017

...an intense lake effect snow squall will affect northern Erie
County through 930 PM EST...

At 730 PM EST, radar indicated an intense lake effect snow band over
northern Erie county. Impacts were greatest from Erie east however
more of the lakeshore west of Erie will be affected through the
evening as the band was drifting very slowly inland.

HAZARDS INCLUDE... Visibility dropping to less than a quarter of
a mile...
Up to 2 inches of quick snow accumulation under the
heaviest portions of the band...

Locations impacted include...
Erie, North East, Northwest Harborcreek, Harborcreek, Lawrence Park,
Wesleyville, Lake City, Avonia and Northwest Harborcr.

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 4227 7976 4218 7976 4197 8051 4204 8043
      4211 8021 4216 8016 4223 7999 4227 7983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 247DEG 3KT 4213 8009

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 8:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake2 hr
Jan 7, 10:14 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Lake2 hr
Jan 8, 12:11 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake2 hr
Jan 8, 1:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie84 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.