Hail — Ashtabula, Ohio

2024-10-06 · near Rock Creek, Ashtabula, Ohio

Event narrative

Hail up to quarter-size in Roaming Shores.

Wider weather episode

During the early afternoon through early evening of October 6th, a surface cold front moved eastward across NE OH and into NW PA. Along the front, a broken line of multicell thunderstorms developed and persisted generally eastward in NE OH. These storms produced sporadic straight-line convective wind damage and marginally-severe hail amidst moderate to strong effective bulk shear, weak to moderate MUCAPE, and moderate DCAPE in the warm and relatively-moist sector.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1253547. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.