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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 2, 2017Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Feb 2, 2017, 3:22 AM EST for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 2, 2017, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 2, 2017, 4:45 AM EST
In force
83 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

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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 Feb 1, 11:50 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 11:50 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 2, 3:22 AM EST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
322 AM EST THU FEB 2 2017

OHZ012>014-089-PAZ001>003-020945-
Geauga-Lake-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Ashtabula Inland-Northern
Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford-
322 AM EST THU FEB 2 2017

...An area of moderate to heavy snow will move through portions
of the snowbelt early this morning...

At 318 AM EST, an area of moderate to heavy snow extended from
Chardon to Painesville...east into Pennsylvania. The snow will
effect portions of I-90 between Cleveland and Erie and will produce
a quick coating of snow on untreated roadways. Slick conditions are
possible. The snow will move east across the area through 600 AM
EST.

Locations impacted include...
Erie, Painesville, Ashtabula, Meadville, Conneaut, Chardon,
Jefferson, Fairport Harbor, Geneva-On-The-Lake, Mentor, Willoughby,
Eastlake, Corry, Edinboro, Geneva, Titusville, North East, Union
City, Madison and Girard.

Use caution early this morning if you are traveling in northeast
Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. Slow down as you encounter snow and
be prepared for reduced visibilities.

LAT...LON 4162 7962 4162 7982 4149 8000 4151 8101
      4149 8138 4167 8144 4182 8115 4198 8058
      4226 7976 4201 7976 4199 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 0818Z 271DEG 38KT 4166 8071

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 9:13 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE60 hr
Feb 2, 4:21 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE12 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Ohio, 2017Special Weather Statements in Pennsylvania, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.