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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 27, 2026Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Jan 27, 2026, 6:13 PM EST for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 47 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: Jan 27, 2026, 6:13 PM EST (23:13 UTC)
Expired: Jan 27, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

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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 Jan 26, 6:54 PM EST, 23 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 6:54 PM EST, 23 hours 19 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 27, 12:19 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	35 hr
Jan 27, 1:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas, Wood	59 min
Jan 27, 2:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca	56 min
Jan 27, 2:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Erie, Huron, Seneca	64 min
Jan 27, 3:07 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca	53 min
Jan 27, 3:51 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain	39 min
Jan 27, 3:58 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland	62 min
Jan 27, 4:20 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit	55 min
Jan 27, 4:44 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Wayne	46 min
Jan 27, 4:48 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Geauga, Lake	57 min
Jan 27, 4:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Morrow	66 min
Jan 27, 5:18 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne	27 min
Jan 27, 5:23 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	Ashtabula, Trumbull	67 min
Jan 27, 5:27 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	48 min
Jan 27, 5:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	54 min
Jan 27, 5:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull	66 min
Jan 27, 6:02 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark	28 min
Jan 27, 6:07 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	23 min
Jan 27, 6:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.