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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 9, 201816 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 9, 2018, 1:13 PM EST for 16 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 77 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: Mar 9, 2018, 1:13 PM EST (18:13 UTC)
Expired: Mar 9, 2018, 2:30 PM EST
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne 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 Mar 9, 12:09 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 12:09 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 9, 1:10 PM EST, 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 9, 9:37 AM EST, 3 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:01 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:40 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1040 AM EST FRI MAR 09 2018

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

1010 AM     SNOW             DALTON                  40.80N  81.70W
03/09/2018  M2.0 INCH        WAYNE              OH   SNOW SPOTTER

            12 HOUR SNOWFALL.

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 10:59 AM EST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1059 AM EST FRI MAR 09 2018

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

0600 AM     SNOW             4 NNW MCKEAN            42.06N  80.15W
03/09/2018  M4.2 INCH        ERIE               PA   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0651 AM     SNOW             CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPO 41.41N  81.85W
03/09/2018  M3.0 INCH        CUYAHOGA           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            12 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0700 AM     SNOW             ERIE AIRPORT            42.08N  80.18W
03/09/2018  M3.6 INCH        ERIE               PA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            12 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0700 AM     SNOW             HIRAM                   41.32N  81.14W
03/09/2018  M5.0 INCH        PORTAGE            OH   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0800 AM     SNOW             1 S BROOKLYN            41.41N  81.74W
03/09/2018  M5.2 INCH        CUYAHOGA           OH   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

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Local storm report, Mar 9, 12:45 PM EST, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1245 PM EST FRI MAR 09 2018

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

0700 AM     SNOW             BRUNSWICK               41.25N  81.81W
03/09/2018  M2.5 INCH        MEDINA             OH   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

0700 AM     SNOW             5 W SAEGERTOWN          41.71N  80.24W
03/09/2018  M4.9 INCH        CRAWFORD           PA   COCORAHS

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

1115 AM     SNOW             SHAKER HTS              41.47N  81.56W
03/09/2018  M7.0 INCH        CUYAHOGA           OH   SNOW SPOTTER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

1122 AM     SNOW             CONNEAUT I-90           41.90N  80.57W
03/09/2018  M2.0 INCH        ASHTABULA          OH   SNOW SPOTTER

            12 HOUR SNOWFALL.

1157 AM     SNOW             1 SSE PARMA             41.37N  81.70W
03/09/2018  M4.5 INCH        CUYAHOGA           OH   SNOW SPOTTER

            24 HOUR SNOWFALL.

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Special weather statement, Mar 9, 1:13 PM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
113 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2018

OHZ007-009>014-019>023-029>033-038-047-089-PAZ001>003-091930-
Summit-Geauga-Erie-Richland-Medina-Ottawa-Lorain-Wayne-Knox-Holmes-
Huron-Portage-Lake-Stark-Mahoning-Trumbull-Ashtabula
Lakeshore-Cuyahoga-Ashland-Ashtabula Inland-Southern Erie-Northern
Erie-Crawford-
113 PM EST FRI MAR 9 2018

...SCATTERED MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...

At 105 PM EST, doppler radar indicated scattered moderate snow
showers across the region. All moving to the east at 15 mph.

Visibilities will briefly drop to below 1 mile at times with some
light accumulations possible. There may be rapid fluctuations of
visibility. Motorists are urged to use caution and account for the
variable driving conditions by allowing extra time.

LAT...LON 4227 7977 4162 7961 4149 8000 4149 8052
      4090 8052 4090 8108 4073 8109 4065 8124
      4063 8167 4044 8167 4045 8218 4024 8223
      4024 8224 4165 8286 4157 8277 4163 8267
      4156 8276 4141 8250 4153 8172 4175 8136
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 269DEG 14KT 4112 8191

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 2:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 17 more	2 hr
Mar 9, 3:46 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		6 hr

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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.