Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Ripley To Dunkirk Ny, Lake Erie

2023-07-20 · near Van Buren Point, Ripley To Dunkirk Ny, Lake Erie

Event narrative

Extrapolation of damage report of several trees down near Route 5 and Lake Avenue which is within 200 yards of shoreline.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms that formed over the central Great Lakes during the morning survived and tracked east across western New York by early evening. The most instability was built up just southwest of the region across Ohio and western Pennsylvania which resulted in the most concentrated wind damage occurring over Chautauqua County, while wind damage was more sporadic farther north across western New York. A storm survey was conducted in the following days near Lake Erie State Park in western Chautauqua County, but the damage observed was concluded to be caused by straight line winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1105995. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.