Waterspout — Avon Point To Willowick Oh, Lake Erie

2022-08-29 · near Willowick, Avon Point To Willowick Oh, Lake Erie

Event narrative

Several waterspouts were captured on video just offshore downtown Cleveland. The waterspouts likely occurred along the downshear gust front of a squall line.

Wider weather episode

A surface low drifted eastward across far-northern Ontario during the evening of the 29th, which allowed Lake Erie and vicinity to reside in the warm sector as the low's trailing cold front approached slowly from the western Great Lakes. Moderate to strong MUCAPE, moderate effective bulk shear, and moderate to strong DCAPE resided over Lake Erie and vicinity. As an outflow-dominant squall line evolved generally eastward in this environment, it generated scattered gale-force peak wind gusts along the northern Ohio shore. Despite the squall line's slight outflow-dominance, several waterspouts managed to develop along the downshear gust front just offshore Cleveland.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1052713. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.