At 5:02 p.m. on Friday, the National Weather Service updated their forecast, predicting lake effect snow in Crawford County, Northern Erie, and Southern Erie through 6:30 p.m.
Radar detected a strong lake effect snow band at 5:01 p.m. along a line that ran from close to Mentor to eight miles north of Pymatuning north to close to North East. The weather service reports that this snow band is either traveling south at less than 5 mph or is almost stationary.
The following locations are affected by the alert: Mentor, Willoughby, Eastlake, Edinboro, Geneva, North East, Madison, Girard, North Kingsville, Perry, Waterford, Albion, Wattsburg, Ashtabula, Ashtabula, Willowick, Conneaut, Fairport Harbor, Geneva-On-The-Lake, and Erie. If you have to go through or into this lake effect snow belt, proceed with additional caution. Accidents are likely to occur due to slick roads and abrupt changes in visibility. Think about postponing your trip until this snow band passes by.
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