Winter Weather in Ohio, November 11, 2019

Name: Winter Weather in Ohio, November 11, 2019
Start: 2019-11-11T13:00
End: 2019-11-11T23:00
Location: Ohio

November 11, 2019 · NWS IWX · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Rain changed to a period of moderate snow behind an arctic cold front during the afternoon and evening hours of November 11th. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 6 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 IWX wrote it up.

Rain changed to a period of moderate snow behind an arctic cold front during the afternoon and evening hours of November 11th. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 6 inches.

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 Nov 10, 6:21 PM EST, 18 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 6:21 PM EST, 18 hours 39 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

8 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Defiance

When: November 11, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Defiance forecast zone
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 41.324, -84.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain changed over to widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 4 inches. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

Winter Weather, Williams

When: November 11, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Williams forecast zone
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 41.560, -84.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain changed over to widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 5 inches. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

Winter Weather, Fulton

When: November 11, 1:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 41.602, -84.130 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain changed over to widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 5 inches, with 4.0 inches reported near Tedrow. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

Winter Weather, Van Wert

When: November 11, 2:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Van Wert forecast zone
Deaths: 0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 40.855, -84.586 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain changed over to widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 5 inches. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day. A 54 year old woman was killed when her vehicle slid on icy roads into the path of a semi truck at the intersection of Dutch Town Road and US-30.

Winter Weather, Putnam

When: November 11, 2:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM 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 widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 6 inches, with 5.1 inches of total snow accumulation reported near Ottawa. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

Winter Weather, Paulding

When: November 11, 2:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Paulding forecast zone
Reported by: Social Media
Coordinates: 41.117, -84.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain changed over to widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 5 inches. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

Winter Weather, Henry

When: November 11, 2:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where: Henry forecast zone
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 41.334, -84.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rain changed over to widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 3 and 4 inches, with 3.5 inches reported at Gallup. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

Winter Weather, Allen

When: November 11, 3:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM 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 widespread moderate snow during the afternoon hours of November 11th. The snow then continued into the evening before ending. Total snow accumulations generally ranged between 4 and 6 inches, with a report of 5.5 inches in Lima. Roads quickly became snow covered with a few accidents and slide-offs reported across the region, along with school delays and closings the following day.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Winter Weather, Van Wert	2019-11-11	54	Female	Vehicle/Towed Trailer	Indirect

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2019 Every state in 2019 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, November 2019

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: 856744, 856745, 856746, 856740, 856741, 856742, 856743, 856739.