Lake storm history

After a brief lull, heavy thunderstorm rains resumed just after midnight and devastating flash flood quickly developed. As much as three inches of rain fell between 12:30 and 2:30 a.m. By daybreak on the 28th, as much of 10 inches of rain had fallen on portions of Lake County sin…

During the early morning hours of the 20th, specifically between 230 am and 530 am, torrential rain fell over extreme northeast Cuyahoga County and most of Lake County. The showers were enhanced by the warm and moist air over Lake Erie, and subsequently produced rainfall rates th…

Winds in Lake County gusted over 60 mph for a few hours. A peak gust of 67 mph was measured by the Fairport Harbor Lighthouse. Hundreds of trees and utility poles were downed by the high winds. At least 31,500 electric customers lost power during the storms. There were reports of…

Temperatures dipped below freezing for several hours causing extensive damage to crops and produce. As much as 80 percent of the grape crop was destroyed and damage to fruit trees was also significant. A cooperative observer in Painesville reported a low of 28 degrees. Monetary l…

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the early evening hours of September 14th and continued through late evening. Peak wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph with the strongest winds occurring between 7 and 9 pm. Damage in the county was e…

Snow began during the morning hours of the 7th and continued for the next day and a half. Snow tapered off a bit during the evening hours of the 7th, but picked up again overnight and continued moderate to heavy at times through much of the day on the 8th. Gusty winds around 30 m…

A mixture of sleet and snow began in Lake County before daybreak on March 4th. This mixture quickly changed to freezing rain which then continued into the early morning hours of March 5th. Conditions quickly deteriorated after sunset as surface temperatures dropped off a few degr…

Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on Lake County during the afternoon and evening hours of July 27th. Rainfall rates at times were in excess of three inches per hour. Rainfall totals through 10 p.m. ranged from 4 to 7 inches over much of the county. Runoff from this heavy rain caused…

Three trees downed at Willoughby Cemetery in Willoughby.

Trees snapped on east side of Mentor.

Tree downed along Hobart Road in Waite Hill.

Tree downed onto house in Mentor, which caused structural damage.

Tree downed along West Jackson Street on southwest side of Painesville.

Deepening low pressure tracked into the upper Ohio Valley the morning of February 16th, before the low pressure transferred to off the east coast that afternoon and evening. This allowed for a period of rain changing to accumulating wet snow as the low pressure lifted into the Oh…

As an area of low pressure deepened off the northern Mid Atlantic coast, cold north to northwesterly winds across the partially unfrozen waters of Lake Erie brought accumulating lake effect snow to Northeast Ohio. The heaviest snow rates and greatest snow rates occurred with a ba…

While the heaviest snow with this event focused inland from Lake Erie and just south of Lake County, periods of moderate to heavy snow showers and squalls along with wind gusts up to 30 MPH led to travel impacts and moderate snow accumulations closer to the lake. The most intense…

An arctic cold front blasted through Northeastern Ohio shortly after midnight December 5th. A band of snow squalls accompanied this front, with wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH measured. Lake effect snow quickly developed into the morning of the 5th as winds shifted more northwesterly …

After a brief break in the lake effect during much of the day and into the night of November 30th, lake effect returned by early in the morning December 1st as winds shifted out of the west-northwest, directing lake effect bands back onshore across the primary snowbelt of far nor…

A prolonged, crippling, and in some places historic lake effect event took place across the Northeast Ohio snowbelt to end November and start December in 2024. The event ramped up overnight November 28th and 29th as a band of very heavy snow with snow rates up to 2 inches per hou…

A trough axis dropped southeast across Lake Erie the evening of November 21st, focusing a band of intense lake effect snow that pushed into Lake and northeastern Cuyahoga Counties in Northeast Ohio. The snow was heavy and wet, with snow rates as high as 2 inches per hour. This he…

Large trees and branches downed in Wickliffe.

Several large trees downed in Eastlake.

Many large tree limbs and several large trees downed about two-miles NNE of Eastlake.

Willoughby Hills Fire Department had a portion of its station's roof removed.

Large tree was downed at Lake County Yacht Club in Eastlake. The tree damaged a pavilion and a boat.

Estimated peak convective wind gust of 75-mph from line of thunderstorms in Mentor-on-the-Lake.

Widespread tree damage in Mentor-on-the-Lake.

Trees downed in Mentor.

Large trees downed along Brooks Boulevard in Mentor-on-the-Lake.

Extensive tree damage and power poles snapped just north of Lakeshore Boulevard and Reynolds Road in Mentor area.

At least one tree downed, tree limbs downed, and power poles broken about two-miles SSW and about two-miles SSE of Painesville.

Large tree branches downed along Sutherland Court in Mentor.

Trees uprooted and snapped in Grand River.

Railroad underpasses closed due to flooding on North State Street and Richmond Street in Painesville, with water depth of several feet. At least one vehicle became trapped in the flooded underpass. Radar estimated 1.5 inches of rainfall in about 60 minutes.

Reports of widespread road flooding in North Madison and Madison in eastern Lake County, with some roads closed due to flowing water. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in a 60-75 minute period.

Several large trees downed in the North Madison area.

Several large tree branches downed in Madison.

Large tree downed onto ranch house, caused significant structural damage, and injured three occupants along the 1300 block of Erieview Drive in North Madison.

Hail up to nickel-size about one-mile west of Concord.

At 10:00 AM a 61 MPH wind gust was measured in Fairport. These strong winds caused some tree damage and power-outages.

At 6:39 PM a CWOP weather station measured a 59 MPH wind gust in Wickliffe. Trees and power-lines were downed, knocking out power to over 3000 customers in the county.

At 12:30 PM, a 62 MPH wind gust was measured in Fairport.

At around 9:00 AM a large tree was uprooted across Narrows Road near Lane Road in Perry, taking down power lines and closing the road for several hours. A wind gust of 57 MPH was measured in Fairport at 4:30 PM.

Unseasonably cold air flowed over the relatively mild waters of Lake Erie behind a cold front, setting off a significant lake effect snow event beginning November 27th. With initially southwest winds the heaviest snow stayed out over Lake Erie on the 27th. As winds shifted west t…