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Marine Thunderstorm Wind · Lake Erie

Marine Thunderstorm Wind July 7, 2021 · Vermilion To Avon Point Oh, Lake Erie

45 mph

Measured gust (39 kt)

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lorain Harbor C-MAN Station (LORO1) reported a peak gust of 45 mph following passage of downshear gust front and ahead of the associated showers and thunderstorms approaching from the west.

The wider storm

A surface front extended generally eastward from southern Lower Michigan and Lake Erie to northwest Pennsylvania and far-southern New York, and moved little during the early afternoon through late evening of the 7th. Clusters of multicell thunderstorms developed along and near the front. The storms moved generally northeastward or eastward over the lake and along the southern lakeshore. These storms produced strong wind gusts as they encountered moderate instability and effective bulk shear, and moderate to strong DCAPE.

Began near Avon Point (41.4810, -82.1950).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 968445. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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