Northwesterly mean low-level flow was accompanied by an unusually-cold air mass over Lake Erie during the morning of the 2nd. Despite marginal lake-induced instability, a couple of non-mesocyclonic waterspouts occurred.
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The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.
Northwesterly mean low-level flow was accompanied by an unusually-cold air mass over Lake Erie during the morning of the 2nd. Despite marginal lake-induced instability, a couple of non-mesocyclonic waterspouts occurred. Radar and satellite data indicated these waterspouts accompanied a deeper lake-effect cumuliform cloud band that developed along a distinct low-level convergence and horizontal wind shear zone over the lake.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 2, 5:51 AM EST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:04 UTC.
2 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
FOX 8 Cleveland helicopter provided video of two simultaneous waterspouts just offshore Edgewater Marina in Cleveland. One waterspout was located northwest of the other. Exact duration unknown.
FOX 8 Cleveland helicopter provided video of two simultaneous waterspouts just offshore Edgewater Marina in Cleveland. One waterspout was located northwest of the other. Exact duration unknown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1035491, 1035511.