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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
515 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE INTO LOWER GREAT LAKES FRIDAY...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHEAST STATES TO NEW
ENGLAND BY SUNDAY AND SPREAD HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES IN NORTHWEST OHIO TO WELL
OVER A FOOT ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 71 CORRIDOR INTO
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. NEAR BLIZZARD TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
WHICH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONDITIONS.


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ERIE OH-LORAIN-HURON-MEDINA-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...
UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...
WOOSTER...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...MOUNT VERNON
515 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SATURDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM SATURDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SATURDAY NIGHT TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO.

GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THIS STORM. THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
SNOW AS WELL AS PERIODS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AS WINDS MAY INCREASE TO
30 TO 40 MPH.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS. IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE WARNING AREA YOU
SHOULD CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE IF POSSIBLE... OR YOU SHOULD USE
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.

A BLIZZARD WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN A SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL...WINDS ABOVE 35 MPH...AND VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A
QUARTER MILE ARE POSSIBLE. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
MAY BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.