MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an URGENT WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE this afternoon for northern Ohio.

The storm, that the NWS is calling a “Major Winter Storm” is expected to roll into Ohio tomorrow morning and last through Wednesday late morning. “Low pressure over the southern plains will move into the Ohio Valley by Tuesday. Deep Gulf moisture will spread across the region as it moves east. This will allow heavy wintry precipitation to develop Tuesday morning and continue into Wednesday.” Although most of the precipitation will fall as snow there may be a period of sleet late Tuesday afternoon into Tuesday evening.

The NWS is predicting that “much of the area will see 7 to 14 inches of snow by Wednesday afternoon.”