1 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jan 7, 4:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 410 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)... A LIGHT PCPN EVENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY AS A WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE MOVE MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE ETA AND GFS ARE QUITE SIMILAR IN THE TIMING AND MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM BUT THE LOW LEVEL THERMAL STRUCTURE IS RATHER DIFFERENT ONCE AGAIN OVER NORTHERN OHIO. THE ETA IS ONCE AGAIN WARMER THAN THE GFS. ETA BRINGS MIXED PCPN ALL THE WAY TO TOL WHILE THE GFS KEEPS MOSTLY SNOW ACR NRN OH AND NW PA. WE WILL SIDE WITH THE GFS AS IT HAS BEEN MORE ACCURATE WITH THE RECENT STORMS AND THE FACT THAT IT IS RATHER COLD AND DRY NEAR THE SURFACE AT THIS TIME ACROSS OHIO AND NW PA. TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY AT OR BELOW FREEZING WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. WE EXPECT SOME MIXED PCPN SOUTH AN EAST OF A LINE FROM GKJ TO AKR TO MNN. QPF AMOUNTS OF A 0.10 TO 0.30 CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE MAX FROM YNG TO KNOX COUNTY. WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TNGT. THE SYSTEM QUICKLY DEPARTS SAT ATERNOON WITH FAIR EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. . && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... LITTLE CHANGE IN THE EXTENDED PLANNED. EARLIER THINKING FROM YESTERDAY APPEARS VAILD. A LARGE PCPN EVENT IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. ANOTHER MILD PERIOD IS EXPECTED AS LONG WAVE RIDGING PERSISTS OFF THE EAST COAST AND THE LONG WAVE TROF REMAINS NEAR THE ROCKIES. THE FCST AREA WILL BE MAINLY MILD AND WET WITH SHARP COOLING ON FRIDAY. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... HI PRES OVR ERN OH MOVS QUICKLY E THIS AFTN WHILE LOW PRES MOVS ENE OUT SRN MS VLY TO CNTRL WV BY 12Z. CURRENTLY MVFR CIGS COVER MUCH OF THE CWA AREA. THERE MAY BE BRK OUT SOME AREAS WITH GNLY AC CLDS FOR THE AFTN BUT GNLY EXPCT THE MVFR CIGS TO CONT. SN PL FZRA THEN TO SPRD ACRS ARND MIDN. GFS GNLY WUD KP PCPN S ALL BUT FAR SE WHILE ETS WUD SPRD THE MXD PCPN OVR ALL BUT PERHAPS TOL AREA. I FOLLOWED SOMEWHAT COMPS WITH NRN AREAS MNLY S OR A SHORT PD MIXED PCPN...WITH SRN AREAS MIXED. PCPN SHUD CHNG OVER TO ALL S AGAIN BY 12Z. DURG THE HEAVIEST PCPN 06-12Z WUD EXPECT IFR CIGS AND VSBYS. PCPN ENDG DURG THE MRNG. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TNGT FOR MNN TO MFD TO AKR TO YNG AND SWD. PA...NONE && SHORT TERM...ABE SHORT TERM...LAPLANTE LONG TERM...LAPLANTE AVIATION...WCR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 545 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2005 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-081044- ASHLAND OH-ASHTABULA INLAND OH-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE OH-CRAWFORD PA- CRAWFORD OH-CUYAHOGA OH-ERIE OH-GEAUGA OH-HANCOCK OH-HOLMES OH- HURON OH-KNOX OH-LAKE OH-LORAIN OH-LUCAS OH-MAHONING OH-MARION OH- MEDINA OH-MORROW OH-NORTHERN ERIE PA-OTTAWA OH-PORTAGE OH- RICHLAND OH-SANDUSKY OH-SENECA OH-SOUTHERN ERIE PA-STARK OH- SUMMIT OH-TRUMBULL OH-WAYNE OH-WOOD OH-WYANDOT OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AKRON...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA... BOWLING GREEN...BUCYRUS...CANTON...CHARDON...CLEVELAND...ELYRIA... ERIE...FINDLAY...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...JEFFERSON...LORAIN... MANSFIELD...MARION...MEADVILLE...MEDINA...MILLERSBURG... MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON...NORWALK...PAINESVILLE...PORT CLINTON... RAVENNA...SANDUSKY...TIFFIN...TOLEDO...UPPER SANDUSKY...WARREN... WOOSTER AND YOUNGSTOWN 545 AM EST FRI JAN 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTION OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION MAY OCCUR TONIGHT...IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. IF TEMPERATURES WARM ENOUGH WELL INLAND FROM LAKE ERIE...SOME RAIN COULD OCCUR FOR A TIME. THE AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE...HOWEVER WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THEY COULD STILL CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. AN ADVISORY COULD BE NEEDED FOR TONIGHT. RIVERS AND STREAMS LEVELS WILL SLOWLY FALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... RIVERS AND STREAMS LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL. SNOW MELT IN THE EXTREME NORTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY MAY CAUSE THE LEVELS TO RISE AGAIN IN SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KIELTYKA
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
An area of weak low pressure moved across the region early on January 8th. Heavy snow fell in association with this low over extreme northwestern Ohio. Six to eight inches of snow fell on much of Lucas County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 2005
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: 5435169.