Thunderstorm Wind — Summit, Ohio

2024-05-22 · near Akron, Summit, Ohio

Event narrative

Weakened tree fell onto home in Akron and killed occupant. Thunderstorm was likely sub-severe per radar data. The nearby Akron-Fulton International Airport ASOS recorded a peak convective wind gust of 44 mph at 9:26 AM EST. No other reports of thunderstorm-related damage or severe convective weather were received as the cluster of storms moved through the Akron area.

Wider weather episode

At the surface, an occluded low moved north-northeastward from near western Lake Superior to northern ON, west of James Bay, during the late morning of the 22nd through the wee hours of the morning of the 23rd. Simultaneously, the trailing cold front advanced generally eastward from southeastern Lower MI to the western NY to northeast OH corridor, just east and southeast of Lake Erie. Clusters and lines of multicell thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the cold front. Severe hail and straight-line convective wind damage occurred in portions of northern OH during the late morning through late evening of the 22nd. In addition, training thunderstorms in Oberlin produced excessive rainfall during the evening of the 22nd. The storms occurred in a warm/moist sector comprised of primarily weak to moderate MUCAPE, moderate to strong DCAPE, and moderate to strong effective bulk shear.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1188642. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.