Marine Thunderstorm Wind — Reno Beach To the Islands Oh, Lake Erie

2023-06-15 · near The Islands, Reno Beach To the Islands Oh, Lake Erie

Event narrative

Port Clinton AWOS recorded a peak convective wind gust of 40 mph from a thunderstorm.

Wider weather episode

A cold front moved into northwest Ohio the evening of Thursday, June 15th. A weak surface low pressure developed along this front over southern Michigan earlier in the day and moved southeast across the western tip of Lake Erie during the evening. A warm front extended southeast of this low pressure along the western Lake Erie shoreline and then down towards central Ohio. Thunderstorms erupted along the cold front near Toledo just before 6:00 PM and moved southeast towards east-central Ohio over the coming hours. Enhanced vertical wind shear associated with the low pressure and warm front allowed storms to rotate amidst an unstable environment. A dominant supercell (rotating thunderstorm) produced several gale-force to storm-force peak convective gusts along the lakeshore in northwestern Ohio and a waterspout over Maumee Bay. The waterspout then moved onshore in Maumee Bay State Park before dissipating.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1128485. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.