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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 21, 20266 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this winter storm watch at Feb 21, 2026, 1:01 PM EST for 6 counties in Ohio; Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Feb 22, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 21, 2026, 1:01 PM EST (18:01 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 22, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 22, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH, Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 21, 12:48 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 12:48 PM EST, 13 minutes before

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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.