Overview
- Lake Effect Snow Warnings remained in place through 7 p.m. Thursday as bands slowly weakened from west to east.
- Trained spotter reports showed widespread 6–10 inch totals in the snowbelt with localized peaks including 19 inches in parts of Geauga County, 16 in Chagrin Falls and 15 in Ashtabula County.
- ODOT reported hazardous travel with crashes, lane closures and reduced speeds, including variable limits on the I-90 corridor where visibility dropped under intense squalls.
- Dozens of school districts closed or delayed, Cleveland issued a Snow Emergency Parking Ban, and the city opened warming centers for residents.
- Utilities reported only scattered outages, and forecasters noted additional localized accumulation where bands persisted before tapering late Thursday.