Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused snow showers to develop before daybreak on January 29th. At that time a band of moderate to heavy snow stretched across Lake and Ashtabula Counties. This band eventually sagged south clipping eastern Cuyahoga County and impacting portions of Lake, Geauga and Trumbull Counties as well. This band eventually broke up but other scattered snow showers continued to affect the snow belt areas. A new band developed during the evening of the 29th and continued into the morning hours of the 30th. The snow was heavy at times especially during the predawn hours of the 30th when visibilities were a quarter mile or less and snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour. The snow began to dissipate after sunrise on the 30th and ended during the afternoon. Eastern Cuyahoga County along with much of Geauga County, portions of Lake County and the northern half of Trumbull County saw between 6 and 10 inches of accumulation from this activity. A few of the higher snowfall totals from Cuyahoga County included 14.0 and 13.8 inches in separate reports from Shaker Heights; 13.6 inches at Chagrin Falls; 8.5 inches in Euclid, 8.0 in Kamms Corners and 7.8 inches in Solon. In Geauga County some of the higher totals included 15.0 inches at Chardon; 13.0 inches at Burton; 11.5 inches north of Chardon and 9.2 inches in Montville Township. In Trumbull County a peak total of 9.0 inches was reported near Kinsman. In Lake County both South Madison and Kirtland saw 8.0 inches of snow.  The snow showers caused significant traffic problems over the eastern portion of the Cleveland Metro area. Numerous accidents and long delays were reported in that area.

Lake-Effect Snow in LAKE, OHIO
From 29-JAN-17 05:00:00 to 30-JAN-17 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 150.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused snow showers to develop before daybreak on January 29th. At that time a band of moderate to heavy snow stretched across Lake and Ashtabula Counties. This band eventually sagged south clipping eastern Cuyahoga County and impacting portions of Lake, Geauga and Trumbull Counties as well. This band eventually broke up but other scattered snow showers continued to affect the snow belt areas. A new band developed during the evening of the 29th and continued into the morning hours of the 30th. The snow was heavy at times especially during the predawn hours of the 30th when visibilities were a quarter mile or less and snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour. The snow began to dissipate after sunrise on the 30th and ended during the afternoon. Eastern Cuyahoga County along with much of Geauga County, portions of Lake County and the northern half of Trumbull County saw between 6 and 10 inches of accumulation from this activity.  In Lake County both South Madison and Kirtland saw 8.0 inches of snow. The snow showers caused significant traffic problems over the eastern portion of the Cleveland Metro area. Numerous accidents and long delays were reported in that area.

Lake-Effect Snow in CUYAHOGA, OHIO
From 29-JAN-17 08:00:00 to 30-JAN-17 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Tribal Official

Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused snow showers to develop before daybreak on January 29th. At that time a band of moderate to heavy snow stretched across Lake and Ashtabula Counties. This band eventually sagged south clipping eastern Cuyahoga County and impacting portions of Geauga and Trumbull Counties as well. This band eventually broke up but other scattered snow showers continued to affect the snow belt areas. A new band developed during the evening of the 29th and continued into the morning hours of the 30th. The snow was heavy at times especially during the predawn hours of the 30th when visibilities were a quarter mile or less and snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour. The snow began to dissipate after sunrise on the 30th and ended during the afternoon. Eastern Cuyahoga County along with much of Geauga County and the northern half of Trumbull County saw between 6 and 10 inches of accumulation from this activity. A few of the higher snowfall totals from Cuyahoga County included 14.0 and 13.8 inches in separate reports from Shaker Heights; 13.6 inches at Chagrin Falls; 8.5 inches in Euclid, 8.0 in Kamms Corners and 7.8 inches in Solon.  The snow showers caused significant traffic problems over the eastern portion of the Cleveland Metro area. Numerous accidents and long delays were reported in that area.

Lake-Effect Snow in TRUMBULL, OHIO
From 29-JAN-17 11:00:00 to 30-JAN-17 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 100.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused snow showers to develop before daybreak on January 29th. At that time a band of moderate to heavy snow stretched across Lake and Ashtabula Counties. This band eventually sagged south clipping eastern Cuyahoga County and impacting portions of Lake, Geauga and Trumbull Counties as well. This band eventually broke up but other scattered snow showers continued to affect the snow belt areas. A new band developed during the evening of the 29th and continued into the morning hours of the 30th. The snow was heavy at times especially during the predawn hours of the 30th when visibilities were a quarter mile or less and snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour. The snow began to dissipate after sunrise on the 30th and ended during the afternoon. Eastern Cuyahoga County along with much of Geauga County, portions of Lake County and the northern half of Trumbull County saw between 6 and 10 inches of accumulation from this activity.  In Trumbull County a peak total of 9.0 inches was reported near Kinsman.

Lake-Effect Snow in GEAUGA, OHIO
From 29-JAN-17 08:00:00 to 30-JAN-17 11:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 200.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Cold northwest winds blowing across Lake Erie caused snow showers to develop before daybreak on January 29th. At that time a band of moderate to heavy snow stretched across Lake and Ashtabula Counties. This band eventually sagged south clipping eastern Cuyahoga County and impacting portions of Geauga and Trumbull Counties as well. This band eventually broke up but other scattered snow showers continued to affect the snow belt areas. A new band developed during the evening of the 29th and continued into the morning hours of the 30th. The snow was heavy at times especially during the predawn hours of the 30th when visibilities were a quarter mile or less and snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour. The snow began to dissipate after sunrise on the 30th and ended during the afternoon. Eastern Cuyahoga County along with much of Geauga County and the northern half of Trumbull County saw between 6 and 10 inches of accumulation from this activity.  In Geauga County some of the higher totals included 15.0 inches at Chardon; 13.0 inches at Burton; 11.5 inches north of Chardon and 9.2 inches in Montville Township. The snow showers caused significant traffic problems over the eastern portion of the Cleveland Metro area. Numerous accidents and long delays were reported in that area.