January 19-20 2019 Winter Storm
Meteorological Synopsis
A 1000-mb low developed over the southern Plains on Friday, January 18th. The low deepened and tracked northeast to western Tennessee by 1pm LST on the 19th and along the Ohio/WV border to western PA by 4am LST Jan 20th. A quick 1-2” fell with an initial band of light snow across Lucas/ northern Ashtabula County and NW PA Friday overnight. The main snow shield entered the western Cleveland forecast area early Saturday (~7am LST) and quickly encompassed the entire forecast area by 11am LST. As the low pressure moved northeast during this time, the warm nose pushed north and allowed freezing rain and sleet to develop and persist in Marion, Morrow, Knox, Holmes, southern Richland/Ashland, Wayne, Stark and Mahoning counties for several hours during the afternoon/evening on Saturday. Up to 0.1” of freezing rain and an inch or two of sleet was observed in these areas before switching back to all snow. The areas just north of the rain/mix transition line seemed to be the areas with the highest storm total snowfall. Some notable totals include: 17" in Monroe Center, 16" in Kelloggsville, 17" in Homerville, 14" in Meadville, 18.5" in McKean, 13" in Girard, 15" in Wesleyville, 14" in Edinboro and 14" in Corry. Widespread snow completely exited our forecast area by 7am LST on Sunday. Some lake effect bands added an additional 1-4” across the secondary snowbelt (N-NNW winds) through the day on Sunday. Another contributing factor to the impacts of this storm were the winds. At its peak, widespread winds of 25-35 mph were being observed with isolated wind gusts as high as 50 mph, which significant reduced visibility and made travel extremely difficult.
Observed Snowfall:
Source for both images: NOAA National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center
Public Information Statement with Snow Observations
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
319 PM EST Sun Jan 20 2019
...Final report on snowfall observations received today...
The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 10
hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation
is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn
spotters and media for these reports. This summary also is available
on our home page at weather.gov/cleveland
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
OHIO
...Cuyahoga County...
2 SW Cleveland 13.4 109 PM 1/20 Social Media
Strongsville 12.0 1050 AM 1/20 Public
Broadview Heights 10.5 1230 PM 1/20 Social Media
North Royalton 10.0 811 AM 1/20 2.5 after midnight
Parma 8.5 609 AM 1/20 Broadcast Media
...Geauga County...
Chardon 12.0 1105 AM 1/20 Public
4 S Newbury 12.0 1036 AM 1/20 Public
4 SW Chardon 12.0 1242 PM 1/20 Social Media
...Huron County...
Willard 11.0 819 AM 1/20 Law Enforcement
Collins 11.0 1232 PM 1/20 Social Media
Norwalk 8.0 1129 AM 1/20 Public
...Lorain County...
Oberlin 13.0 1238 PM 1/20 Social Media
Amherst 12.0 1130 AM 1/20 Public
...Mahoning County...
Campbell 10.0 640 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
...Portage County...
Kent 10.5 138 PM 1/20 Social Media
Streetsboro 10.0 130 PM 1/20 Drifts up to 3 feet
...Sandusky County...
Clyde 7.8 1257 PM 1/20 Amateur Radio
...Seneca County...
Bettsville 8.0 1142 AM 1/20 Emergency Manager
...Stark County...
Uniontown 12.5 1234 PM 1/20 Social Media
...Summit County...
Cuyahoga Falls 13.0 1236 PM 1/20 Social Media
Stow 12.5 1227 PM 1/20 Social Media
2 NE Akron 12.0 1043 AM 1/20 Public
...Trumbull County...
Hartford 13.0 1110 AM 1/20 Public
Cortland 12.5 1228 PM 1/20 Social Media
5 N Youngstown 8.9 1200 PM 1/20 Trained Spotter
PENNSYLVANIA
...Crawford County...
Guys Mills 13.0 156 PM 1/20 Social Media
**********************12 HOUR SNOWFALL**********************
LOCATION 12 HOUR TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
OHIO
...Ashland County...
Ashland 13.0 552 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Ashtabula County...
2 ESE Monroe Center 11.7 1012 AM 1/20 Storm Total 17.6
1 SSE Kelloggsville 11.0 843 AM 1/20 Storm Total 16.0
2 SW Edgewood 9.0 742 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.6
1 E Andover 8.0 547 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.5
2 N Cherry Valley 7.6 640 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.3
3 W Ashtabula 7.0 903 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.2
3 E South Madison 6.5 903 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
2 NE Orwell 5.8 1018 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
1 WSW Conneaut 5.0 823 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.5
2 SSW Saybrook 5.0 951 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.0
1 ENE Jefferson 4.0 537 AM 1/20 Storm Total 6.5
1 E Orwell 4.0 819 AM 1/20 Storm Total 6.9
1 ESE Ashtabula 3.5 800 AM 1/20 Storm Total 5.9
2 S Ashtabula 3.4 808 AM 1/20 Storm Total 5.4
...Crawford County...
1 W Galion 7.0 631 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.0
3 WSW Tiro 5.3 813 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.8
...Cuyahoga County...
2 WNW Shaker Heights 8.5 1013 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.5
1 W Shaker Heights 8.0 942 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
2 SW Cleveland Heigh 7.5 600 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.4
1 SE Strongsville 7.0 745 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.0
2 NNW Euclid 6.5 1008 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.8
3 SW North Royalton 6.2 646 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.8
Cleveland-Westpark 5.2 848 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.0
Cleveland Hopkins Ai 5.1 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.0
1 SE Garfield Height 4.5 640 AM 1/20 storm total 8.0
1 W Chagrin Falls 4.3 841 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.3
Westlake 4.0 800 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.0
1 NE Maple Heights 3.5 1130 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.7
1 ENE Lyndhurst 3.0 906 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.0
2 SW Willowick 3.0 741 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.0
...Erie County...
Huron 5.0 918 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.0
2 ESE Huron 3.0 739 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.0
...Geauga County...
1 S Montville 9.0 727 AM 1/20 Storm Total 13
2 W Burton 8.6 844 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
1 NE Middlefield 8.1 743 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.4
2 W Chardon 7.0 707 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.5
1 WSW Middlefield 6.0 716 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.7
3 NNW Hambden 6.0 849 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.0
Chardon 4.1 825 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.3
2 SE South Madison 4.0 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.0
...Hancock County...
Findlay 2.5 934 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.5
...Huron County...
3 NW New London 5.0 526 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.0
...Knox County...
5 ESE Centerburg 2.9 828 AM 1/20 Storm Total 2.9
...Lake County...
2 SSW Kirtland 7.0 909 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
1 WSW Madison 6.8 739 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.1
1 ENE Madison 5.9 755 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.2
1 SSE Mentor 5.5 818 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.8
2 WNW Concord 5.4 925 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.3
2 W Mentor 5.0 750 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.5
North Madison 4.3 648 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.0
...Lorain County...
1 E Sheffield Lake 10.0 917 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
1 ENE Oberlin 7.2 927 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.9
2 SSE Lorain 6.0 935 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.5
2 NE North Ridgevill 3.5 926 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.0
Elyria 2.5 835 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.1
1 E Camden 1.3 846 AM 1/20 Storm Total 4.5
...Lucas County...
Toledo Express Airpo 0.5 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total 5.7
...Mahoning County...
Boardman 11.5 800 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
Canfield 9.0 924 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.0
1 NNW Canfield 7.9 912 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.9
1 NW Poland 7.0 938 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
1 NNE Poland 4.0 852 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.8
1 NW Austintown 3.5 920 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.5
...Marion County...
4 SSE Marion 2.8 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total 5.2
...Medina County...
2 E Homerville 8.0 947 AM 1/20 Storm Total 17.0
1 SW Medina 6.3 927 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.5
1 ENE Brunswick 5.2 1026 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.2
2 N Lodi 4.0 826 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.7
2 ESE Hinckley 3.8 935 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.3
...Portage County...
Hiram 5.5 959 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
...Richland County...
Mansfield Lahm Airpo 2.1 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total = 12.6
1 W Mansfield 2.0 1103 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
5 NW Mifflin 1.5 857 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.8
...Sandusky County...
Clyde 2.0 753 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.0
...Stark County...
4 S Alliance 7.5 615 AM 1/20 storm total 10.0
3 NW Waynesburg 6.7 750 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.4
1 W Canton 5.5 555 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
4 W North Canton 5.5 821 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.5
1 ESE Alliance 5.2 715 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.2
Magnolia 5.0 917 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.4
3 SE East Canton 4.5 630 AM 1/20 storm total 6.5
1 ESE Perry Heights 3.0 848 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
...Summit County...
1 SW Akron 9.0 1130 AM 1/20 Social Media
1 NW Boston Heights 8.0 550 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.0
3 SSW Barberton 7.0 738 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.0
1 NW Tallmadge 6.1 809 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.7
2 ESE Fairlawn 5.0 849 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
2 SE Cuyahoga Falls 4.5 834 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.1
1 NNE Twinsburg 4.5 918 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.8
Fairlawn 2.0 755 AM 1/20 Storm Total 6.5
...Trumbull County...
2 S Williamsfield 7.0 821 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.5
2 WSW Warren 6.0 744 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
1 WNW Newton Falls 5.9 720 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.5
Cortland 5.9 636 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
Youngstown Regional 3.7 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.7
...Wayne County...
Kidron 4.5 1035 AM 1/20 Storm Total 6.5
3 ENE Doylestown 4.5 633 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
Dalton 3.0 915 AM 1/20 Storm Total 6.0
PENNSYLVANIA
...Crawford County...
1 NNE Meadville 8.5 1035 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.5
4 NW Townville 7.5 725 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.3
1 WSW Drakes Mills 7.4 847 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.6
1 S Meadville 6.0 800 AM 1/20 Storm Total 14.0
1 NE Meadville 6.0 713 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.0
...Erie County...
1 W McKean 14.0 747 AM 1/20 Storm Total 18.5
3 NE McKean 12.0 945 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
1 NNW Girard 10.0 757 AM 1/20 Storm Total 13.0
4 S Wesleyville 10.0 828 AM 1/20 Storm Total 15.0
2 SSW Corry 10.0 900 AM 1/20 Storm Total 14.0
2 ESE North East 9.5 847 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
3 NW Union City 9.0 921 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.0
2 NW Edinboro 8.0 643 AM 1/20 Storm Total 14.0
2 W Avonia 7.9 858 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.5
3 NW Elgin 7.0 825 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.1
3 SE North East 7.0 958 AM 1/20 Trained Spotter
4 SE Harborcreek 7.0 555 AM 1/20 Storm Total 13.0
1 NW Harborcreek 5.0 822 AM 1/20 Storm Total 10.0
Erie Intl Airport 3.4 700 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.5
**********************24 HOUR SNOWFALL**********************
LOCATION 24 HOUR TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
OHIO
...Ashland County...
6 WSW Spencer 12.4 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
3 WSW Ashland 9.4 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Ashtabula County...
2 ESE Pierpont 11.0 803 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.0
1 ENE Geneva 5.0 913 AM 1/20 Storm Total 6.0
...Crawford County...
Galion Water Works 11.0 700 AM 1/20 Co-Op Observer
1 NW Bucyrus 10.0 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Cuyahoga County...
1 SE Strongsville 12.0 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
1 S Brooklyn 9.0 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
1 SSW Lakewood 9.0 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Westlake 8.0 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Erie County...
4 NNE Wakeman 7.6 1000 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
1 NE Castalia 6.5 745 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Geauga County...
7 ENE Aquilla 12.5 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
4 SSE Madison 12.0 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Aquilla 11.0 948 AM 1/20 Storm Total 11.0
1 N Chardon 10.5 1238 PM 1/20 Storm Total 10.5
South Russell 10.0 600 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Middlefield 8.2 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Knox County...
4 NNW Fredericktown 6.5 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Lake County...
Madison 11.1 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
1 ENE Wickliffe 9.1 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Lorain County...
Sheffield Lake 10.0 915 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Elyria 8.2 806 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Lucas County...
2 ENE Toledo 7.6 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
2 ENE Northwood 7.4 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
3 S Berkey 7.0 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
2 NNE Waterville 6.5 845 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
2 WSW Toledo 6.0 600 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Medina County...
Medina 10.8 730 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
4 WNW Montrose-ghent 10.1 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Brunswick 9.2 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Ottawa County...
2 W Port Clinton 4.5 900 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Portage County...
1 W Kent 10.5 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Sugar Bush Knolls 10.4 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Hiram 10.0 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Ravenna 9.5 1215 PM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Mantua 8.0 600 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Richland County...
Lexington 13.0 730 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
1 SSW Ontario 11.0 830 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Sandusky County...
2 ENE Fremont 7.5 600 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Stark County...
2 NE Canton 6.2 922 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
1 W Hills And Dales 3.0 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Summit County...
1 SW Munroe Falls 12.0 700 AM 1/20 Co-Op Observer
1 ESE Cuyahoga Falls 7.9 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Trumbull County...
Newton Falls 10.5 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Mosquito Creek Lake 10.0 700 AM 1/20 Co-Op Observer
2 E Warren 8.5 924 AM 1/20 Storm Total 8.5
...Wayne County...
1 WSW Congress 9.8 800 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
4 SW Dalton 6.5 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Wood County...
1 WNW Bowling Green 7.0 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
Bowling Green 6.0 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Wyandot County...
4 NW Harpster 7.5 843 AM 1/20 Storm Total 7.5
PENNSYLVANIA
...Crawford County...
Titusville 11.0 700 AM 1/20 Co-Op Observer
2 WNW Drakes Mills 10.5 729 AM 1/20 Storm Total 12.3
1 WNW Conneaut Lake 9.7 700 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
...Erie County...
4 NNW Mckean 14.3 600 AM 1/20 CoCoRaHS
2 E Edinboro 7.4 823 AM 1/20 Storm Total 9.7
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