770  
WWUS41 KCLE 160628  
WSWCLE  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH  
228 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
OHZ011-013-161630-  
/O.NEW.KCLE.WS.A.0003.260317T0000Z-260318T0200Z/  
CUYAHOGA-GEAUGA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MIDDLEFIELD, CHESTERLAND, CLEVELAND,  
BURTON, BAINBRIDGE, CHARDON, AND SOUTH RUSSELL  
228 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45  
MPH.  
 
* WHERE...CUYAHOGA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS WITH SLOWER TRAVEL  
LIKELY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING  
AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS  
AFTERNOON, WITH BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED  
TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE LAKE  
EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING  
OFF. THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE PLACEMENT AND  
DURATION OF THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION, WEST  
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT AND  
TUESDAY MORNING LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY WHERE  
THE BANDS PERSIST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
PAZ002-161630-  
/O.NEW.KCLE.WS.A.0003.260317T0000Z-260318T1200Z/  
SOUTHERN ERIE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF UNION CITY, EDINBORO, AND CORRY  
228 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY  
MORNING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45  
MPH.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY CONDITIONS WITH WITH SLOWER TRAVEL  
LIKELY THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY MORNING  
AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS  
AFTERNOON, WITH BANDS OF LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED  
TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE LAKE  
EFFECT SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY  
TAPERING OFF. THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE PLACEMENT  
AND DURATION OF THE MOST PERSISTENT SNOW BANDS. IN ADDITION, WEST  
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TONIGHT AND  
TUESDAY MORNING LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITY WHERE  
THE BANDS PERSIST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
 
 
 
 
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