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Lake Effect Snow Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this lake effect snow warning at Nov 25, 2025, 1:08 PM EST for 6 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Nov 27, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 45 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
- Nov 25, 2025, 1:08 PM EST (18:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 27, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2025, 9:32 PM EST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Nov 25, 6:41 AM EST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 6:41 AM EST, 6 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 4:53 AM EST, 8 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 OHZ003-006>010-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-261000- Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina- Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne- Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. West to southwest winds may gust as high as 40 to 45 mph Wednesday afternoon and evening. Locally higher wind gusts as high as 50 mph will be possible along the lakeshore through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-145>149-165>169-261000- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Vermilion to Avon Point OH- Avon Point to Willowick OH-Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva- on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-Conneaut OH to Ripley NY- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the- Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ012>014-089-261000- Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Ashtabula Lakeshore- 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Watch. West to southwest winds may gust as high as 40 to 45 mph Wednesday afternoon and evening. Locally higher wind gusts as high as 50 mph will be possible along the lakeshore through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. PAZ001>003-261000- Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford- 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Storm Watch. West to southwest winds may gust as high as 40 to 45 mph Wednesday afternoon and evening. Locally higher wind gusts as high as 50 mph will be possible along the lakeshore through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ011-261000- Cuyahoga- 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Hazardous winter weather conditions are possible late Wednesday through Friday as lake effect snow develops and pushes inland. Exact placement of the heaviest bands remains a bit uncertain, but there will likely be impacts to Thanksgiving holiday travel. West to southwest winds may gust as high as 40 to 45 mph Wednesday afternoon and evening. Locally higher wind gusts as high as 50 mph will be possible along the lakeshore through Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ142>144-162>164-261000- Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-Reno Beach to The Islands OH- The Islands to Vermilion OH- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 453 AM EST Tue Nov 25 2025 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... ...LOW WATER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM WEDNESDAY TO 4 AM EST FRIDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Gale Warning. Low Water Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 3:40 AM EST | Gale Warning | CLE | 3 days | |
| Nov 25, 3:40 AM EST | Low Water Advisory | CLE | 3 days | |
| Nov 25, 1:24 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.