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Small Craft Advisory 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 17, 2026

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this small craft advisory at Jan 17, 2026, 2:58 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 17, 2026, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 17, 2026, 2:58 AM EST (07:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 17, 2026, 3:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 19, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Jan 17, 2:24 AM EST, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 17, 2:24 AM EST, 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 17, 2:14 AM EST, 44 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
Jan 17, 8:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Seneca	50 min
Jan 17, 9:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Marion and 2 more	55 min
Jan 17, 9:21 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	54 min
Jan 17, 9:51 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Huron, Lorain	54 min
Jan 17, 9:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Morrow, Richland	66 min
Jan 17, 10:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Knox, Wayne	54 min
Jan 17, 10:29 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	31 min
Jan 17, 10:50 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	40 min
Jan 17, 11:00 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	30 min
Jan 17, 11:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Knox, Lake and 5 more	85 min
Jan 17, 11:30 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Summit	30 min
Jan 17, 11:54 AM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	36 min
Jan 17, 12:21 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	39 min
Jan 17, 12:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	89 min
Jan 17, 12:47 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit	28 min
Jan 17, 12:54 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	36 min
Jan 17, 1:16 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull	29 min
Jan 17, 1:28 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Trumbull	32 min
Jan 17, 1:46 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	29 min
Jan 17, 2:10 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Trumbull	20 min
Jan 17, 2:38 PM EST	Gale Watch	CLE		12 hr
Jan 17, 2:38 PM EST	Low Water Advisory	CLE		10 hr
Jan 17, 1:31 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Crawford, Erie	29 min
Jan 17, 1:54 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Crawford, Erie	36 min
Jan 17, 2:32 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	28 min
Jan 17, 3:01 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	29 min

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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.