Ohio, 2014Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, February 1 to 2, 2014
February 1 to 2, 2014 · NWS IWX · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
A quick 3 to 7 inches of heavy wet snow fell late February 1st into early February 2nd behind a cold front.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A quick 3 to 7 inches of heavy wet snow fell late February 1st into early February 2nd behind a cold front.
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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 1, 8:01 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 8:01 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
801 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 526 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL SHIFT EASTWARD
TONIGHT...EVENTUALLY SHIFTING PRECIPITATION EAST OF THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. COLDER AIR FILTERING INTO THE
REGION TONIGHT WILL ALLOW FOR PRECIPITATION TO CHANGEOVER TO SNOW
BEFORE ENDING ACROSS NORTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO...AND
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. QUIET CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY
AND MONDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.
HOWEVER...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN ROCKIES ON MONDAY...AND THEN BRING A POTENTIAL OF SOME
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE REGION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY.
&&
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 750 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
SFC REFLECTION HAS NOW TRACKED INTO FAR SOUTHEAST ONTARIO ALLOWING
LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHWEST HALF OF THE AREA TO EXPERIENCE WIND
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. PRECIP HAS TRANSITIONED BACK TO SNOW WITH
PERHAPS A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF SOME SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW. EXPECTING THIS BRIEF PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIP TO BE SHORT
LIVED AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
EVENING GIVEN VERY WEAK NATURE TO WARM LAYER ALOFT. MAIN LOW LEVEL
MOIST TONGUE WILL HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA BY THE TIME PRECIP
CHANGES OVER TO SNOW...WITH SOME INITIALLY LOW SNOW:LIQUID RATIOS
AS THIS TRANSITION OCCURS. THIS SHOULD TEMPER ACCUMULATIONS
OVERNIGHT ALTHOUGH GIVEN POTENTIAL FOR SOME MODERATE PRECIP RATES
AT LEAST THROUGH 06Z...WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE FOR SOME MORE
LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES. WHILE MOST OF ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED SOUTHEAST OF THE CURRENT WINTER STORM
WARNING AREA...HAVE OPTED TO CONTINUE THIS HEADLINE FOR NOW GIVEN
CONTINUED PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLUSHY/ICY ROAD CONDITIONS. WITH A
LOW AMPLITUDE PATTERN IN PLACE AND INITIAL SHORT WAVE NOW MORE
SHEARED IN NATURE AND RACING ACROSS SOUTHEAST ONTARIO...MAY TEND
TO SEE LOW LEVEL TROUGH SLOW ITS EASTWARD PROGRESSION OVERNIGHT
WHICH ALREADY SEEMS WELL HANDLED IN GRIDDED FORECAST. 00Z RAP
INITIALIZATION SEEMS TO HAVE PICKED UP ON A WEAK SHORT WAVE ACROSS
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS WHICH WILL TRACK INTO SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
OVERNIGHT. THIS FEATURE MAY RESULT IN SOME LOW/MID LEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS RESPONSE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. NAM CROSS
SECTIONS DO ALSO DEPICT SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY LINGERING
ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST THIRD OF THE AREA IN THE 06Z-12Z
TIMEFRAME. THUS...SOME LOW END CONCERN FOR BAND OF ENHANCED SNOW
ACROSS THESE LOCATIONS WHERE SOME WEAK-MODERATE 850-700 HPA FGEN
FORCING IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT IN PROXIMITY TO WEAKER STABILITY
ALOFT. HOWEVER AT THIS TIME...GIVEN RELATIVELY LOW SNOW:LIQUID
RATIOS AND DEEPER MOISTURE ADVECTING EAST OF THE AREA...WILL LIMIT
ACCUMS TO 1 TO 3 INCHES. UPDATED FORECAST SENT TO ACCOUNT FOR
CURRENT POP/TEMP TRENDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THROUGH TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 337 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
...MESSY AFTERNOON/EVENING ON TAP FOR THE AREA...
AS OF 230 PM...LOCATIONS SOUTH OF A KANKAKEE...TO GOSHEN TO ANGOLA
LINE WERE SEEING ALL RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MIDDLE 30S TO
NEAR 40 (FAR SOUTHEAST). PRIOR TO MIXING/SWITCHOVER...NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW CAME IN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
WITH ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS
LOCATED SOMEWHERE NEAR WHITE COUNTY...A BIT FURTHER NORTHWEST THAN
EXPECTED. RUC HAS BEEN HANDLING MANY OF THE FINER DETAILS QUITE WELL
AND WAS USED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE FORECAST INTO THIS EVENING.
THE LOW SHOULD TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA BUT
ALSO SHOWING A FASTER TREND SO PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT CHANGE OVER TIMES
STILL LOOK REASONABLE. AS THE TRANSITION COMMENCES A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR. ONCE THIS OCCURS...SEVERAL HOURS OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH ADDITIONAL QPF VALUES OF ROUGHLY ONE QUARTER
INCH OR SO IN FAR NW AREAS TO A BAND OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR
MORE IN SE HALF OR SO. MUCH OF THIS HEAVIER PRECIP WILL FALL IN THE
FORM OF RAIN...BUT MUCH LIKE FURTHER NW A QUARTER TO THIRD OF AN
INCH WILL LIKELY FALL AS SNOW. JUST AS WAS THE CASE EARLIER
TODAY...TOO MUCH UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES IN TRANSITION TO WARRANT ANY
HEADLINE CHANGES. IT COULD BE CLOSE FOR FULL WARNING CRITERIA BEING
MET IN SOME AREAS...BUT WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR A COMBINATION OF
EARLIER SNOW AND EXPECTED SNOW BEHIND THE LOW SO SHOULD WORK OUT FOR
THE MOST PART. FURTHER UPDATES AND REFINEMENTS ARE LIKELY INTO THIS
EVENING. NEEDLESS TO SAY...ONCE TEMPS START TO FALL..ROAD CONDITIONS
WILL BECOME MESSY AND VERY SLIPPERY WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
&&
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 337 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
ENERGETIC IMPULSE LADEN FLW EMBEDDED WITHIN PROJECTED NEG PNA PATTN
ACRS NOAM SPELLS HIGH IMPACT WX ACRS THE OH VALLEY THIS PD. OF NOTE
CONTS TO BE W/SYS SEEN THIS AFTN ON VAPOR OUT NR 42N/137W WHICH DIGS
SEWD INTO NRN BAHA ON MON AND THEN LIFTS OUT THROUGH THE LWR OH
VALLEY AS LARGER SCALE ARCTIC STREAM SW DROPS SWD INTO THE WRN US.
PRONOUNCED POLAR RIDGING BLDG IN WAKE OF SHRT TERM SYS PASSAGE TO
PROVIDE A BRIEF DRY BUT COLD RESPITE FROM WINTERS ONSLAUGHT. HWVR
DEEP SRN PLAINS EJECTION POINT AND STG GOMEX RTN FLW INTO SRN
PERIPHERY OF RETREATING SFC RIDGE LOOK TO PROVIDE FOR SIG CYCLONE
DVLPMNT OVR THE LWR MS VALLEY EARLY TUE AND UP THROUGH THE ERN OH
VALLEY ON WED AS EXEMPLIFIED IN STABLE SPECTRAL TRACK. DETAILS AS
YET TO BE IRONED OUT BUT SIG IMPACTS XPCD BOTH W/WIND AND SNOW
PARTICULARLY TUE AFTN-WED AM.
OTRWS ARCTIC RIDGE BLDS EWD OUT OF THE PLAINS THU-FRI W/VERY COLD
TEMPS YET LOOKS TO SET THE STAGE FOR YET ANOTHER SIG OH VALLEY
CYCLONE NXT WEEKEND AS DEEP WRN TROUGH RELOADS.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 526 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
PRIMARY AVIATION FORECAST CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE ONGOING
PRECIP EVENT AND PRECIP TYPE CHANGEOVER TIMING AT KFWA.
A LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE HAS ADVECTED INTO THE AREA ALLOWING FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN INDIANA TO HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO A PERIOD OF RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON. SFC REFLECTION OF THIS SYSTEM HAS SHIFTED INTO
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR WIND SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA INCLUDING KSBN. THIS WIND
SHIFT WILL PROGRESS SOUTHEASTWARD THIS EVENING ALLOWING COLDER AND
DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR TO ADVECT SOUTHEASTWARD. A VORT MAX ACROSS
EASTERN IOWA/NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL LIFT INTO LOWER MICHIGAN
LATER THIS EVENING WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO SOME ENHANCEMENT OF LOW
LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND SLOW WEST TO
EAST PROGRESSION OF BACK EDGE OF PRECIP. CHANGEOVER BACK TO SNOW
EXPECTED AT KFWA AROUND THE 01Z TIMEFRAME...WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF
SOME SLEET POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. A QUICK COUPLE OF INCHES
OF SNOW COULD FALL AT KFWA THIS EVENING DEPENDING ON EXACT TIMING
OF CHANGEOVER AND ORIENTATION OF POTENTIAL FRONTOGENESIS BANDS...BUT
CONFIDENCE IN ACCUMULATIONS AT KFWA ARE QUITE LOW AT THIS TIME
GIVEN HIGH INITIAL WET BULB TEMPS. BULK OF PRECIP SHOULD SHIFT
EAST OF KFWA AFTER 06Z. IFR/TEMPO LIFR CONDS SHOULD IMPROVE TO
LOWER END MVFR OVERNIGHT...WITH FURTHER IMPROVEMENT EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY.
&&
.IWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IN...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY FOR
INZ003>005-012-014.
MI...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY FOR MIZ077>080.
OH...NONE.
LM...NONE.
&&
UPDATE...MARSILI
SYNOPSIS...MARSILI
SHORT TERM...FISHER
LONG TERM...T
AVIATION...MARSILI
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WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/NWSNORTHERNINDIANAHazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 4:11 PM EST, 5 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
411 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
INZ003>005-012-014-MIZ077>080-022115-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-STARKE-MARSHALL-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...ELKHART...GOSHEN...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON...PLYMOUTH...
BREMEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...
CASSOPOLIS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...COLDWATER
411 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /311 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES...REFER TO THE LATEST WSWIWX FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT
THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW. PLEASE
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES REGARDING THIS
SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION TYPE REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.
&&
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
INZ006>009-013-015>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-
015-016-024-025-022115-
LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-PULASKI-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-
ALLEN IN-WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-
BLACKFORD-JAY-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-
PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...ANGOLA...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...AUBURN...GARRETT...WINAMAC...
FRANCESVILLE...ROCHESTER...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE...COLUMBIA CITY...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...LOGANSPORT...
PERU...WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...BLUFFTON...OSSIAN...
DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...
HILLSDALE...BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...DEFIANCE...NAPOLEON...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...OTTAWA...PANDORA...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...LIMA
411 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO...
SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN INDIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WILL CHANGE BRIEFLY TO WINTRY MIX
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING
OF THIS CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW...THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT
THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY SNOW. PLEASE
STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES REGARDING THIS
SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION TYPE REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.
&&
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX
LMZ043-046-022115-
NEW BUFFALO MI TO ST JOSEPH MI-MICHIGAN CITY IN TO NEW BUFFALO MI-
411 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
SOUTHEASTERN LAKE MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
&&
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...OR
CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/IWX/?N=MARINE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 1, 6:26 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
626 PM EST SAT FEB 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0626 PM SNOW 2 S ROSELAND 41.70N 86.25W
02/01/2014 M4.6 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL. 3.9 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT AT WNDU STUDIOS
&&
CEOLocal storm report, Feb 1, 6:48 PM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
648 PM EST SAT FEB 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0647 PM SNOW 2 SE GEORGETOWN 41.71N 86.21W
02/01/2014 M4.3 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL AT ABC57 STUDIOS
&&
CEOLocal storm report, Feb 1, 7:12 PM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
712 PM EST SAT FEB 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM SNOW 2 N NORTH WEBSTER 41.36N 85.70W
02/01/2014 M4.2 INCH KOSCIUSKO IN NWS OFFICE
STORM TOTAL. 2 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT
&&
CEOLocal storm report, Feb 1, 8:43 PM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
843 PM EST SAT FEB 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM SNOW ELKHART 41.68N 85.98W
02/01/2014 M3.6 INCH ELKHART IN TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT
&&
CEOLocal storm report, Feb 1, 9:13 PM EST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
913 PM EST SAT FEB 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM SNOW SAINT JOSEPH 42.11N 86.48W
02/01/2014 M5.7 INCH BERRIEN MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HOUR STORM TOTAL. 4.3 INCHES SINCE 8AM
&&
CEOLocal storm report, Feb 1, 9:31 PM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
931 PM EST SAT FEB 01 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0931 PM SNOW 2 S ROSELAND 41.70N 86.25W
02/01/2014 M5.0 INCH ST. JOSEPH IN BROADCAST MEDIA
STORM TOTAL. 4.3 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT AT WNDU
&&
CEOWinter Storm, Van Wert
- When
- February 1, 10:00 PM EST to February 2, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Van Wert forecast zone
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 40.855, -84.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rain changed over to heavy snow Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, February 2nd. The snow band was very narrow with accumulations varying greatly over a small area. Total snowfall accumulations generally ranged between 4 and 8 inches across the county, with a report of 7 inches in Van Wert. Falling temperatures, accumulation snowfall, and reduced visibilities created icy roadways and hazardous driving conditions.
Winter Weather, Paulding
- When
- February 1, 10:00 PM EST to February 2, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Paulding forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.117, -84.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rain changed over to snow Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, February 2nd. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 5 inches were common across the county, heaviest across far southeast Paulding County. Falling temperatures, accumulation snowfall, and reduced visibilities created icy roadways and hazardous driving conditions.
Winter Weather, Allen
- When
- February 1, 11:00 PM EST to February 2, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Allen forecast zone
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 40.772, -84.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rain changed over to snow Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, February 2nd. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches were common across Allen County, heaviest near Delphos. Falling temperatures, accumulation snowfall, and reduced visibilities created icy roadways and hazardous driving conditions.
Winter Weather, Putnam
- When
- February 1, 11:00 PM EST to February 2, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.022, -84.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Rain changed over to snow Saturday evening into early Sunday morning, February 2nd. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches were common across the county. Falling temperatures, accumulation snowfall, and reduced visibilities created icy roadways and hazardous driving conditions.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Drought in New Mexico, February 1 to 28, 201432 events
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 201423 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Indiana, February 1 to 2, 201420 events
- Drought in Oklahoma, February 1 to 28, 201420 events
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 201415 events
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 201415 events
- Drought in Nebraska, February 1 to 28, 201415 events
- Drought in Kansas, February 1 to 28, 201413 events
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 201413 events
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Illinois, February 1, 201411 events
- Drought in California, February 1 to 28, 201411 events
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 201410 events
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: 486713, 486717, 486715, 486716.