Heavy Snow, Ashtabula
- When
- January 6, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 6, 1999
Snow accumulated an average of six to seven inches in parts of Lake and Geauga Counties and along the lakeshore in Ashtabula County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Snow accumulated an average of six to seven inches in parts of Lake and Geauga Counties and along the lakeshore in Ashtabula County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Geauga
- When
- January 6, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lake
- When
- January 6, 7:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 8, 1999
- Cold in Florida, January 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 6, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oklahoma, January 6, 1999
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 6 to 7, 1999
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, January 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 6 to 7, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5682873, 5682874, 5682875.