Hail — Seneca, Ohio

2022-05-03 · near Bloomville, Seneca, Ohio

Event narrative

Ping pong ball-size hail in Bloomville.

Wider weather episode

As a surface low moved northeastward across northwestern Ohio and toward central Lake Erie, a warm front extending southeastward from the low moved northeastward toward northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania, while the trailing cold front swept eastward across western Ohio during the early through mid-evening of the 3rd. A bow echo within the warm sector travelled northeastward across portions of northwestern and north-central Ohio. This bow echo generated damaging wind gusts, ping pong ball-size hail, and a couple QLCS tornadoes. The warm sector was characterized by weak to moderate MUCAPE, mixed layer LCL's less than 1000 meters AGL, moderate to strong effective bulk shear, and large surface-based ESRH near 150 meters squared per second squared.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1021168. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.