Hail, Lake
- When
- August 5, 6:35 AM EST
- Where
- Lake County, Painesville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.730, -81.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 5, 1999
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:35 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout, Lake
- When
- August 5, 6:40 AM EST to 10:45 AM EST
- Where
- Lake County, Mentor on the Lake
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several waterspouts were reported over the coastal waters of Lake Erie. The first waterspout was reported approximately one mile offshore from Mentor on the Lake. Later in the morning several additional waterspouts were reported 5 to 10 miles northeast of Fairport Harbor.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula
- When
- August 5, 6:55 AM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula County, Geneva
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -80.930
Several trees downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga
- When
- August 5, 7:10 AM EST
- Where
- Geauga County, Chardon
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -81.200
A tree and a large limb were downed just south of Chardon.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Colorado, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 5, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, August 5, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Washington, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 5, 1999
- Waterspouts in Pennsylvania, August 5 to 21, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, August 5, 1999
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5713421, 5713511, 5713422, 5713423.