Marine Thunderstorm Wind — The Islands To Vermilion Oh, Lake Erie

2022-05-03 · near The Islands, The Islands To Vermilion Oh, Lake Erie

Event narrative

A mesonet station in Sandusky Bay, just north of Bay View, recorded a peak gust of 41 knots from a passing thunderstorm.

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 line of multicell thunderstorms moved northeastward in the warm sector and produced a couple gale-force peak wind gusts along Sandusky Bay. These storms occurred in an environment comprised of weak to moderate MUCAPE and moderate to strong effective bulk shear.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1021180. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.