Waterspout · Lake Erie

Waterspout October 17, 2018 · Ripley To Dunkirk Ny, Lake Erie

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

A weak line of showers associated with the leading edge of cold air aloft pushed toward the Lake Erie shoreline south of Buffalo. In the most enhanced of these, a shower spawned a waterspout off the shore of Chautauqua County.

Began near Dunkirk (42.4857, -79.3834).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 790705. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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