Lake effect snow warning active for Mercer and Venango counties until Tuesday afternoon

Lake-effect snow lingers into Tuesday before midweek warmup

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Winter has arrived in earnest across Northeast Ohio, with the coldest air of the season settling over the region and lake-effect snow continuing to fall — mainly in the snowbelt east of Cleveland — before tapering off Tuesday.

Lake effect snow warning active for Mercer and Venango counties until Tuesday afternoon

On Monday at 11:59 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a lake effect snow warning valid from 1 p.m. until Tuesday 1 p.m. for Mercer and Venango counties."Heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4 inches with localized totals of up to 10 inches in persistent snow bands," states the weather service. "A narrow band or bands of snow will pivot across the county resulting in highly localized snowfall totals of up …