A hazardous weather outlook for Summit County was issued by the National Weather Service from Sunday through Saturday.

A prolonged period of very cold weather is expected from Monday through Tuesday night, with the coldest wind chills expected from Monday night through Tuesday morning. Dangerous wind chill values between -10 degrees and -20 degrees are expected.

Cold temperates in the teens and 20s are expected to continue through the end of the week. Because of the extremely cold temperatures, the City of Akron is activating its warming centers.

A hazardous weather outlook for Summit County was issued by the National Weather Service from Sunday through Saturday. Wind chills between 5 and -5 degrees are expected early Sunday. A prolonged period of very cold weather is expected from Monday through Tuesday night, with the coldest wind chills expected from Monday night through Tuesday morning. Dangerous wind chill values between -10 degrees and -20 degrees are expected. (Screenshot via the National Weather Service website)

Summit Lake Community Center, located at 380 W. Crosier St., will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14 through Tuesday, Jan. 20 to function as a warming center. Unless otherwise specified, the center will return to normal business hours starting Wednesday, Jan. 21.  

The Emergency Overnight Warming Center, located at 111 E. Voris St., which is open whenever overnight temperatures drop below 25 degrees, will be open from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. starting Sunday, Jan. 18 and ending on Friday, Jan. 23. This shelter provides food and clothing as well. (Use METRO Bus #13 and #15 — the stop is located across from the Main Post Office on Wolf Ledges Parkway.)

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The emergency center is a community partnership between The Peter Maurin Center, Summit County Continuum of Care and Community Support Services, with partial funding provided by the City of Akron. Learn more about their services here.     

The center is in need of volunteers to help staff the facility. Various shifts and roles are available and training is provided. Donations of food, clothing and supplies also are needed. Learn more here.

All other Akron community centers will be closed on Sunday and Monday — they’ll be open again during their normal business hours Tuesday.    

The City of Akron said in a press release that it will continue to monitor temperatures and extend the community center hours as necessary.

To receive alerts about the city’s warming centers on your phone or email, sign up with CodeRED. Learn more here.  Akron METRO RTA offers free transportation to the city’s warming centers — learn more at www.yourmetrobus.org. 

Visit www.ohgo.com to see if travel, roadway or traffic conditions are affected.

  

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Zake has deep roots in Northeast Ohio journalism. She was the managing editor for multimedia and special projects at the Akron Beacon Journal, where she began work as a staff photographer in 1986. Over a 20-year career, Zake worked in a variety of roles across departments that all help inform her current role as Signal Akron's editor in chief. Most recently, she was a journalism professor and student media adviser at Kent State University, where she worked with the next generation of journalists to understand public policy, environmental reporting, data and solutions reporting. Among her accomplishments was the launch of the Kent State NewsLab, an experiential and collaborative news commons that connects student reporters with outside professional partners.