Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Cleveland, OH
Issued by NWS Cleveland, OH
107 FLUS41 KCLE 180954 HWOCLE Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 454 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-191000- Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga- Ashtabula Inland-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull- Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow- Holmes-Knox-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 454 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ LEZ061-142>149-162>169-191000- Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH- Reno Beach to The Islands OH-The Islands to Vermilion OH- Vermilion to Avon Point OH-Avon Point to Willowick OH- Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY- Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM offshoreline to US-Canadian border- Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US- Canadian border- The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the- Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the- Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border- Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US- Canadian border- 454 AM EST Wed Feb 18 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. The combination of temperatures approaching 60 degrees and increasing south to southwesterly winds today, may result in movement of the ice on Lake Erie. Persons should stay off the ice this week. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Persons are advised to stay off the ice this week as temperatures will be in the 50s. Going out on the ice could result in being stranded if ice breaks away from shore or the Lake Erie Islands. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$