Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 28 to 29, 2007

Name: Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 28 to 29, 2007
Start: 2007-01-28T13:00
End: 2007-01-29T12:00
Location: Pennsylvania

January 28 to 29, 2007 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An arctic airmass moved over Lake Erie during the daytime on the 28th. Northwest flow over the lake allowed for lake effect snow to develop during the midday hours of the 28th and continue into the 29th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $35,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

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 Jan 28, 12:02 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 12:02 PM EST, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 6:32 AM EST, 6 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
632 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

OHZ011>014-089-PAZ001>003-291145-
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
632 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO
AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT POSSIBLY BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AND WILL LIKELY BE HEAVY
AT TIMES. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH MID WEEK.

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY A STORM SYSTEM IS INDICATED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. DEPENDING ON ITS TRACK IT COULD
RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IN ITS
WAKE MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LEZ142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>010-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
291145-
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-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-
MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
632 AM EST SUN JAN 28 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE...
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY A STORM SYSTEM IS INDICATED TO MOVE
THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. DEPENDING ON ITS TRACK IT COULD
RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IN ITS
WAKE MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The radar

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

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Event by event

1 lake-effect snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Lake-Effect Snow, Southern Erie

When: January 28, 1:00 PM EST to January 29, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Southern Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $35,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 42.118, -80.098 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lake effect snow began during the early afternoon hours of the 28th. The snow intensified during the evening and overnight hours. By the morning of the 29th, snowfall amounts varied between 6 and 12 inches across interior Erie County. Franklin Center reported 11.1 inches of snow for this event, Colt Station and McKean reported 9.0 inches, and Amity received 6.0 inches.

What these are

Lake-Effect Snow: Heavy snow in bands downwind of a large lake as cold air crosses warmer water.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Pennsylvania, January 2007

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 12670.