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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 21, 2018Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2018, 6:09 AM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2018, 6:09 AM EDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired: Mar 21, 2018, 7:30 AM EDT
In force: 81 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

County Medina County, OH

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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 21, 3:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 3:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 3:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
320 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-220730-
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-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-
320 AM EDT Wed Mar 21 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, 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...Thursday through Tuesday.

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 21, 6:09 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
609 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2018

OHZ010-011-020-021-211130-
Summit OH-Medina OH-Lorain OH-Cuyahoga OH-
609 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2018

...an intense snow squall will affect southern Cuyahoga...central
Medina...northern Summit and Lorain Counties Until 730 AM EDT...

At 606 AM EDT, radar indicated an intense snow squall from near
Grafton stretching east to Strongsville and Broadview Heights. This
squall was moving south around 10 mph.  This squall will drift south
into northern Medina and northern Summit Counties by 7 am.  A quick
inch of snow is possible as this squall moves through.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Visibility rapidly dropping to less than a quarter of a mile...

Locations impacted include...
Akron, Elyria, Medina, Parma, Cuyahoga Falls, Strongsville,
Brunswick, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, Solon, Hudson,
Twinsburg, Streetsboro, Amherst, Macedonia, Grafton, Wellington,
Stow, Garfield Heights and Maple Heights.

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 4138 8233 4138 8185 4141 8163 4140 8139
      4120 8139 4108 8189 4107 8232
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 010DEG 7KT 4126 8209

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ODOT DMS  301, 305, 306, 316, 317, 318, 325, 327, 614, and 617.

Kubina

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 21, 10:16 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		6 hr
Mar 21, 4:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		12 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.