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THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH

986032

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Event typeevent_typeWaterspout
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id986,032
Episode IDepisode_id163,335
Begin UTCbegin_utc2021-10-15T20:21:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2021-10-15T20:21:00+00:00
StatestateLAKE ERIE
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameTHE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceSocial Media
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA stationary front extended northeastward from the Lower Ohio Valley to western and north-central Ohio, central and eastern Lake Erie, and western New York during the late morning through early evening of the 15th. Simultaneously, one low moved along the front from central Indiana to central Lake Erie. Increased surface convergence along the front, ahead of the aforementioned low, allowed an ongoing cluster of multicell thunderstorms and eventually a supercell to persist generally northeastward as the storms encountered moderate MUCAPE and effective bulk shear, respectively, in north-central Ohio and over central Lake Erie.||The surface front and associated horizontal wind shear were probably a rich source of surface-based vertical vorticity. Surface-based effective storm-relative helicity of 100 to about 150 meters squared per second squared and low mixed layer LCL heights near 750 meters AGL resided along the front. All these factors indicated a favorable environment for tornadoes. As the supercell paralleled the front over Lake Erie, it managed to produce several waterspouts as its updraft ingested preexisting surface-based vertical vorticity, stretched the surface-based vertical vorticity to tornado-strength via low-level convergence, and then advected the vorticity upward several times. Moderate DCAPE likely contributed to some storms producing gale-force peak wind gusts along the southern lakeshore.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeStorm Chaser tweeted a photo of a waterspout offshore Huron. Location estimated via radar.
Yearyear2,021

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