High Wind — Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

2014-11-24 · Ashtabula Lakeshore, Ohio

Event narrative

Wind gusts estimated to be at least 60 mph downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout the northern end of the county. Scattered power outages were reported.

Wider weather episode

An area of very strong low pressure moved northeast across the Central Great Lakes on November 24th. A cold front trailing this low swept east across Ohio during the morning and early afternoon hours. A broken line of showers with embedded thunderstorms develop along the front as it moved into western Ohio. A few of the stronger storms became severe and some damage was reported across north-central Ohio. Southwest winds gusted to more than 60 mph behind the cold front causing damage throughout northern Ohio. Hundreds of trees were reported down along with some utility poles. Several semi trucks were blown over by the strong winds. At least three injuries were reported during this evening. Scattered power outages were reported in many areas. Some of the higher wind gusts include 64 mph at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cuyahoga County; 62 mph at Burke Lakefront Airport also in Cuyahoga County; 64 mph at the Lorain County Airport; 63 mph at the Wayne County Airport; 59 mph at both Toledo Express and Toledo Executive Airports in Lucas County and 62 mph at the Akron-Canton Airport in southern Summit County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 550062. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.