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Lake Effect Snow Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 18, 2023Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow warning at Mar 18, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2023, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 19, 2023, 1:23 PM EDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

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

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake effect snow warning 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 warning went out at Mar 18, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 3:52 AM EDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:04 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 11:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 12:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 11:04 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Holmes, Knox, Lorain, Medina and 4 more	56 min
Mar 18, 11:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Holmes, Knox, Lake, Medina and 4 more	77 min
Mar 18, 12:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Lake, Mahoning and 5 more	94 min
Mar 18, 4:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	43 min
Mar 18, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga	56 min
Mar 18, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina, Summit	59 min
Mar 18, 6:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	53 min
Mar 18, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Richland, Stark, Wayne	65 min
Mar 18, 1:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie	90 min
Mar 18, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie	72 min

Nearby

Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Ohio, 2023 Lake Effect Snow Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2023 Every lake effect snow warning in 2023

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.