Waterspout — The Islands To Vermilion Oh, Lake Erie

2023-07-31 · near Vermilion, The Islands To Vermilion Oh, Lake Erie

Event narrative

Video of waterspout about 6 miles NNW of Vermilion.

Wider weather episode

A surface high pressure ridge built over Lake Erie from the Upper MS Valley during the morning of the 31st and was accompanied by a land breeze convergence zone just north of the OH shore. The relatively-strong updraft of a cumuliform cloud along the convergence zone spawned a brief non-mesocyclonic waterspout amidst sufficient low-level moisture and lake-induced instability offshore Vermilion.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1144994. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.