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WWUS41 KCLE 201918  
WSWCLE  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH  
218 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
OHZ022-023-210330-  
/O.EXB.KCLE.WW.Y.0020.241221T0000Z-241222T0300Z/  
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF AURORA, STREETSBORO, NILES, KENT,  
RAVENNA, AND WARREN  
218 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM  
EST SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO  
5 INCHES WHERE BANDS ARE MOST PERSISTENT, MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN  
AND EASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY AND MUCH OF TRUMBULL COUNTY. LOCALLY  
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN  
TRUMBULL COUNTY. AMOUNTS DECREASE ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY.  
 
* WHERE...PORTAGE AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS WITH SLOWER TRAVEL  
LIKELY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...UNTREATED SURFACES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TURN  
SLICK THIS EVENING AS LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE AND TEMPERATURES  
DROP BELOW FREEZING. HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED  
TO BEGIN DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE  
MAIN FOCUS WILL BE A NARROW BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW WITH A CONNECTION  
TO LAKE HURON, WHICH MAY BECOME PERSISTENT ACROSS TRUMBULL COUNTY  
FOR MUCH OF SATURDAY WHILE DRIFTING INTO PORTAGE COUNTY AT TIMES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OHIO TURNPIKE AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO HEED ALL  
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND DELAY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. VISIT WWW.OHGO.COM  
FOR THE LATEST TRAVEL, ROADWAY, AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.  
 
DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW, THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY  
HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN  
ALSO VARY GREATLY. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER,  
VISIBILITY, AND ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
PAZ001-002-210330-  
/O.CON.KCLE.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-241222T0300Z/  
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF UNION CITY, CORRY, ERIE, AND EDINBORO  
218 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6  
INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH OF I-90. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL  
BE LIGHTER CLOSE TO THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE, AND WILL GRADUALLY  
DROP OFF TOWARDS THE CRAWFORD COUNTY BORDER.  
 
* WHERE...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS WITH SLOWER TRAVEL  
LIKELY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING  
COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE ENHANCED SNOW  
WILL RE-DEVELOP THIS EVENING, WITH POTENTIAL FOR IMPACTS TO ROADS  
INCREASING AFTER SUNSET. STEADY AND MORE WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO  
MODERATE SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO NARROWER BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT  
SNOW FOR SATURDAY, WITH ACCUMULATIONS BECOMING CONFINED TO HIGHER  
TERRAIN LOCATIONS ON SATURDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PENNSYLVANIA  
TURNPIKE COMMISSION STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO HEED ALL TRAVEL  
RESTRICTIONS AND DELAY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. VISIT WWW.511PA.COM FOR  
THE LATEST TRAVEL, ROADWAY, AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.  
 
DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW, THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY  
HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN  
ALSO VARY GREATLY. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER,  
VISIBILITY, AND ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
OHZ011>014-089-210330-  
/O.CON.KCLE.WW.Y.0020.241220T2200Z-241222T0300Z/  
CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ORWELL, PAINESVILLE, ROAMING SHORES,  
CHESTERLAND, WICKLIFFE, MENTOR, CONNEAUT, EASTLAKE, CHARDON,  
MIDDLEFIELD, WILLOWICK, JEFFERSON, GENEVA, BAINBRIDGE,  
WILLOUGHBY, ASHTABULA, ANDOVER, BURTON, CLEVELAND, AND SOUTH  
RUSSELL  
218 PM EST FRI DEC 20 2024  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST  
SATURDAY...  
 
* WHAT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO  
7 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF GEAUGA COUNTY, SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY, AND  
INLAND ASHTABULA COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE  
EXPECTED IN NORTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY, NORTH OF I-90 IN LAKE  
COUNTY, AND SOUTHERN AND EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. WESTERN CUYAHOGA  
COUNTY WILL SEE LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS.  
 
* WHERE...ASHTABULA INLAND, ASHTABULA LAKESHORE, CUYAHOGA, GEAUGA,  
AND LAKE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM EST SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A BURST OF SNOW WILL ACCOMPANY A FRONT THIS  
EVENING FOLLOWED BY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS. A NARROW BAND OF  
HEAVIER SNOW CONNECTED TO LAKE HURON IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT ACROSS  
PARTS OF EASTERN LAKE, GEAUGA, AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES FOR MUCH OF  
SATURDAY WITH RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. IF THIS BAND IS  
PERSISTENT IN ONE AREA, LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OHIO TURNPIKE AND  
INFRASTRUCTURE COMMISSION STRONGLY ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO HEED ALL  
TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND DELAY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. VISIT WWW.OHGO.COM  
FOR THE LATEST TRAVEL, ROADWAY, AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.  
 
DURING LAKE EFFECT SNOW, THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM BANDS OF LOCALLY  
HEAVY SNOW TO DRY WEATHER JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. VISIBILITIES CAN  
ALSO VARY GREATLY. BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER,  
VISIBILITY, AND ROAD CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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