Winter Storm Watch and Wind Advisories issued

CLEVELAND - A major winter storm will be paying northeast Ohio a visit beginning Thursday night.

As a result, the National Weather Serivce has issued a number of watches and advisories for the Channel 3 viewing area.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY has been issued for: Ashland, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky from 7 p.m. Thursday through 7 a.m. Friday morning.

A WINTER STORM WATCH has been issued for: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga from late Thursday evening through Saturday night.

A WIND ADVISORY has been issued for: Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Wayne from noon on Thursday through 4 a.m. Friday.

Here is the latest from the National Weather Service in Cleveland

  ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT  THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...    * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW.    * TIMING...LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.    * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.    * IMPACTS...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH    SATURDAY NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. IN    ADDITION STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF    THE SNOW.    * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 30S.    * VISIBILITIES...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND    BLOWING SNOW.    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...    A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU  ARE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING  WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR  THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND POSSIBLE  WARNINGS.  

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