Winter Storm — Geauga, Ohio

2024-03-10 · Geauga, Ohio

Event narrative

As low pressure deepened over the New England states, cold northwest flow, wrap around moisture, a series of surface troughs and lake enhancement led to accumulating snow. Central and southern Geauga County saw a marginally heavy snow event as a result. A trained spotter in Burton recorded 8 inches of snow with this storm. Another spotter measured 6.9 inches in Russell, with a CoCoRaHS observer reporting 6.5 inches in Auburn. Wind gusts to 40 MPH led to some blowing and drifting snow with visibility falling to under one-quarter of a mile at times due to a combination of falling snow and blowing snow.

Wider weather episode

As low pressure deepened over the New England states, cold northwest flow, wrap around moisture, a series of surface troughs and lake enhancement led to accumulating snow across Northeast Ohio on March 10th. Locally heavy snow occurred, mainly focused on the higher terrain in parts of Geauga County. Trained spotters measured 8.0 inches of snow in Burton, with 6.9 inches in Russell Center and 6.5 inches in Auburn Township. Wind gusts to 40 MPH led to some blowing and drifting snow with visibility falling to under one-quarter of a mile at times due to a combination of falling snow and blowing snow.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1170004. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.