Ohio, 2001

Heavy Snow in Ohio, February 2 to 3, 2001

February 2 to 3, 2001 · NWS CLE · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Lake effect snow showers developed after a cold frontal passage. The heaviest snow fell during the evening hours.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$60,000
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.

Lake effect snow showers developed after a cold frontal passage. The heaviest snow fell during the evening hours. Around 6 inches of snow fell in Lake County with just over 7 inches in Geauga County and 10 inches in southeast Ashtabula County.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 2, 3:30 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 3:30 PM EST, 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EST FRI FEB 2 2001

ARCTIC AIR IS IN PLACE ACR THE CWA WITH LIGHT LES OCCURRING. LAKE
ERIE IS MOSTLY ICE COVERED SO HEAT AND MSTR FLUXES ARE LIMITED BUT
LAKE MI IS OPEN AND LOW CLOUDS AND FLURRIES ARE DRIFTG INTO NW OH
ATTM. LES ACTIVITY SHOULD DMNSH THIS EVE AS INVERSION BASE LOWERS
AND SFC RIDGE BLDS IN WITH DRY LOW LVL AIR.

ISENTROPIC LIFT SPEADS IN THE WRN ZONES AFT MIDNGT AND THIS APPEARS
RESONABLE AS CLDS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACR IA AND MOVG E. LES CLDS
AND LGT SNOW SHOULD END BY MIDNGT.

ANOTHER S/W APCHS THE RGN SAT NGT AND SUN ALONG WITH PERSISTANT WK TO
MOD ISENTROPIC LIFT. TEMPS WL HOLD NRLY STEADY SAT NGT FROM
AFTERNOON MAX TEMPS. LGT SNOW MAY DVLP SAT AND SUN ACR NRN OH AND NW
PA BUT AMOUNTS APPEAR TO BE LGT ATTM. 1000-850 MB THICKNESS REMAIN
BLO 1300 M SO PCPN SHOULD BE SNOW.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Ashtabula

When
February 2, 4:00 PM EST to February 3, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Ashtabula forecast zone
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Geauga

When
February 2, 4:00 PM EST to February 3, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Geauga forecast zone
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Lake

When
February 2, 4:00 PM EST to February 3, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Lake forecast zone
Property damage
$15,000
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.

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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: 5235003, 5235004, 5235005.