WINTER STORM WARNING Warning Issue Date: 1101 AM EST MON FEB 08 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER KENTUCKY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF DURING THE DAY. SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 71 WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING NEAR TOLEDO AND FINDLAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM CLEVELAND TO YOUNGSTOWN. ANOTHER 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ON WEDNESDAY. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. IN ADDITION...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER RADIO AND TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$