An area of low pressure moved from the Plains to the western Great Lakes on February 25th. A warm front stretching east from the low moved north across central and northern Ohio early on the 25th.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
An area of low pressure moved from the Plains to the western Great Lakes on February 25th. A warm front stretching east from the low moved north across central and northern Ohio early on the 25th. Rain and freezing fell in association with this front. Ice accumulations of up a quarter inch were reported across much of North-Central Ohio. Some accidents and minor power outages were reported during this event.
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 24, 8:45 PM EST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
845 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2007
.SHORT TERM UPDATE/TONIGHT/...
NO CHANGES MADE TO CURRENT WARNINGS IN EFFECT. MADE SOME MINOR
CHANGES DROPPING TIMING IN WESTERN AREA WHERE FREEZING RAIN WILL
LIKELY SPREAD OVER THE AREA FROM ABOUT 11PM - 2AM...SO JUST WENT
WITH DEVELOPING AT THIS TIME. TWEAK TEMPERATURES LITTLE JUST TO
REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS THEN RISING OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE LOOK
LIKE FREEZING PCPN TO MOVE INTO CLE CAK AREA AROUND 4AM...JUST
REACHING FAR EASTERN AREAS ABOUT 7 AM.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT-TUE/...
MADE UPGRADES TODAY TO THE WATCHES/WARNINGS POSTED FOR SUNDAYS
SYSTEM.
HIGH PRESSURE WEDGED ACROSS THE REGION IN COMBINATION WITH ROBUST
LOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR A FREEZING RAIN EVENT
TO DEVELOP STARTING CLOSE TO/JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. MIXED
PRECIP ALREADY MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS SOUTHERN IND THIS AFTERNOON.
MIXED PRECIP SHOULD OVERSPREAD AND REACH TO THE CLE METRO AREA BY
DAWN. SNOW MAY BE AT THE ONSET...BUT AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WRAPS IN
FROM THE OCCLUDING LOW TO THE WEST AND SFC TEMPS REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING...FREEZING RAIN/SLEET WILL OCCUR. THE REST OF THE AREA
WILL SEE PRECIP BY EARLY SUN MORNING. QFP AMOUNTS ARE ENOUGH ACROSS
MOST OF THE AREA TO THREATEN A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUM BY LATER
SUN MORNING AND HENCE THE ICE STORM WARNING. FOR FAR NE OH/NW
PA...PRECIP TYPE SHOULD BE MIXED LONGER THERE AND NOT AS CONFIDENT
IN FZRA QPF AMOUNTS...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING. EARLY
LOWS TONIGHT WITH TEMPS RISING OVERNIGHT...BUT NOT ABOVE FREEZING
EXCEPT FOR MAYBE THE MNN AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE OVERNIGHT
WITH GUSTS AOA 30 MPH EARLY SUN MORNING.
BY SUN AFTERNOON MANY PLACES WILL BE PRIMARILY RAIN...WITH THE
EXCEPTION BEING EASTERN OH/NW PA WHERE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE MAY
BE TRAPPED LONGER. THIS WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED AS CURRENT ICE
WARNING GOES TO NOON. RAIN TO SNOW SUNDAY EVENING.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE WITH US FOR A FEW MORE DAYS AS RIDGING ALOFT
RETROGRADES AND CREATES A TEMPORARY BLOCK TO THE FLOW. FORTUNATELY
BY THIS POINT THE SYSTEM WILL BE WELL SPENT AND LINGERING SNOW
SHOWERS LOOK LIKELY MON BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY TUE. ONLY LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMS EXPECTED.
&&
.LONG TERM /WED-SAT/...
WED WILL BE A DAY OF REST AS HIGH PRESSURE SFC AND ALOFT MOVES IN
AND WEEKEND SYSTEM FINALLY DEPARTS EAST. RELIED HEAVILY ON ECMWF AS
THIS WAS THE PREFERENCE OF THE THOROUGH INTERPRETATION OF HPC.
PRECIP ARRIVES AGAIN ON FRI AS ANOTHER SYSTEM WRAPS UP...THIS TIME
IN THE UPPER MIDWEST. RIGHT NOW WILL STICK WITH MIX OF RA/SN.
&&
.AVIATION(00Z-24Z)...
STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES ON TRACK TOWARD THE AREA. STARTED
PRECIPITATION AND MVFR CONDS IN THE WEST BETWEEN 03Z AND 06Z. BASED
ON BUFKIT FCST SOUNDINGS AND NAM12 TEMPS AT 850MB VS THE SFC EXPECT
PRIMARY THREAT TO BE FREEZING RAIN. PRECIPITATION COULD START OUT AS
SNOW OR MIXED WITH SLEET. EXPECT ONSET OF PRECIP INTO KCLE AROUND
08-10Z AND EVENTUALLY KERI BY 11Z-12Z WINDOW. EXPECT A MID DAY SML
RISE IN TEMPS JUST ABV FREEZING PT WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO
JUST RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ALTHOUGH THERE IS A CHANCE NWRN PA
REMAINS AT OR VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WINDS WILL
ALSO INCREASE OUT OF MNLY THE E INTO SUN MORN THEN START TO DMNSH
INTO SUN EVE.
&&
.CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...ICE STORM WARNING FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING ALL
BUT ASHTABULA COUNTY.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM SUNDAY MORNING THOROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY.
PA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING.PAZ001-003.
&&
SHORT TERM...OUDEMAN
LONG TERM...OUDEMAN
AVIATION...ADAMSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 551 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089- PAZ001>003-251100- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH- GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- MAUMEE BAY OH TO RENO BEACH OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-GENEVA-ON- THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE- CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY BEYOND 5 NM OF SHORE-LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA- SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND- HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT- CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW- HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 551 AM EST SAT FEB 24 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE... NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN... AS WELL AS SOME SLEET AND SNOW... WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. A GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED AND THE ICE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IN SOME AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO WHERE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE EXCEPT FOR EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE A WINTER STORM WARNING ISSUED WILL LIKELY HAVE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR THE FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AND ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING BUT TEMPERATURES WILL RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH RAIN TO CAUSE ICE JAMS OR FLOODING ON RIVERS NEAR LAKE ERIE ALTHOUGH WARMER WEATHER EXPECTED LATE IN THE WEEK WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. KOSARIK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
11 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Marion County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Ashland County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Crawford County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Holmes County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Knox County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Morrow County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Richland County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Wyandot County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Medina County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Stark County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
A warm front moved north across northern Ohio early on February 25th. Up to a quarter inch of freezing rain fell on Wayne County during the early morning hours of the 25th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2007
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: 17875, 17871, 17872, 17873, 17874, 17877, 17878, 17881, 17876, 17879, 17880.