Winter Storm — Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

2022-02-17 to 2022-02-18 · Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

Event narrative

A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain developed during the early evening hours on February 17th and continued for several hours into the evening before changing to snow. Snow continued steadily through much of the night before tapering to more intermittent lake effect snow showers through the morning hours of February 18th. Winds gusted up to 35 MPH at times. Ice accumulations around 0.10' occurred. Poor travel conditions and auto accidents were reported. Multiple trained spotters located a few miles inland from the lake reported snow totals of 5-7', including in Harpersfield where 5.9' fell.

Wider weather episode

As a wave of low pressure tracked out of the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast a wintry mix and then snow impacted portions of northern Ohio from February 17th into February 18th. A combination of ice, snow, falling temperatures and wind gusts up to 40 MPH led to poor travel conditions along with scattered downed trees and power outages. Trained spotters measured up to 7.2' of snow in Ashtabula County near Monroe Center, with 6.9' in Concord in Lake County and 6.2' in Thompson in Geauga County. Amounts generally ranged from 2 to 5' in the Cleveland metro. Ice accumulations of around 0.10' were common with localized amounts of up to 0.20'.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1116002. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.