URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE: CLEVELAND OH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1228 AM EST MON DEC 6 2010

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CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON...
JEFFERSON...AKRON...RAVENNA...WARREN...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
1228 AM EST MON DEC 6 2010

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
TUESDAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND INTENSIFY
OVERNIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES CAN
BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. SNOWFALL RATES COULD APPROACH TWO INCHES
PER HOUR WITH THE HEAVIER BANDS. RAPID CHANGES IN DRIVING
CONDITIONS AND VISIBILITY SHOULD BE EXPECTED. USE EXTREME CAUTION
IF TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY.

THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL LIKELY FALL OVER
INLAND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. MORE THAN A FOOT OF
SNOW HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE MEADVILLE AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL
4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN BOTH ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT CANNOT BE RULED OUT
OVERNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ON
MONDAY WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. SOME
LOCATIONS COULD HAVE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE FEET OF SNOW ON THE
GROUND BY TUESDAY EVENING. LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WILL
SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOWFALL. BUT... EVEN THE CITY OF ERIE
COULD HAVE UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW BY TUESDAY.

IN NORTHEAST OHIO...THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO
BE OVER LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES. A BAND OF INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS
ALREADY BEGUN TO DEVELOP OVER THAT AREA. OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA. IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE EASTERN END
OF THE COUNTY. WESTERN PORTIONS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY WILL SEE NO
MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. TRUMBULL...PORTAGE
AND SUMMIT COUNTIES WILL SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW FALL ACROSS THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL DROP OFF
SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE SOUTH. AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW
CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY ACROSS ALL OF THE WARNING AREA WITH
SIMILAR AMOUNTS POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. A FEW
LOCATIONS IN GEAUGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES COULD HAVE UP TO TWO
FEET OF SNOW ON THE GROUND BY TUESDAY EVENING.

REMEMBER...LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXTREMELY VARIABLE. ACCUMULATIONS
CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY OVER JUST A FEW MILES. BE PREPARED FOR
RAPID CHANGES IN CONDITIONS AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA TRAVEL TIME.  IN
ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
BECOME A PROBLEM AS THE SNOW STARTS TO PILE UP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW THE WEATHER CAN VARY FROM LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
IN NARROW BANDS TO CLEAR SKIES JUST A FEW MILES AWAY. IF YOU WILL
BE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION BE PREPARED FOR RAPID CHANGES IN
ROAD AND VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO