Marine Hail in Lake Erie
Every marine hail event the National Weather Service has filed in Lake Erie, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger over water.
The most significant on the map
The most significant marine hail episodes in Lake Erie.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 32
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, July 15, 2024A strong upper-level trough and mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) crossed western and central New York during the afternoon on July 15, 2024. Timing with the MCV corresponded with favorable daytime heating and partly to mostly sunny skies ahead of the system.
- Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 9, 2012A waterspout developed on Lake Erie in the vicinity of a stationary front. Several hours later another strong thunderstorms occurred behind the front. This thunderstorm produced ping pong ball sized hail in the waters northeast of Sandusky.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, July 6, 2003
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 27 to 30, 2004
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 25, 2006
- Waterspout in Lake Erie, June 19, 2006Coast Guard reported a waterspout 7 E of Monroe.
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Erie, June 21, 2006
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, April 6, 2010A warm front slowly lifted north across the region during the early afternoon. A thunderstorm accompanying the front produced three-quarter inch hail at Dunkirk.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, June 8, 2011A thunderstorm complex developed during the late evening hours of the 7th over Lake Huron then moved southeast across the lower Lakes region.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 29, 2011A thunderstorm moving through western Lake Erie produced three quarter inch hail and estimated winds to 55 mph.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, November 14, 2011A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail and estimated 40 mph wind gust.
- Marine Hail and Waterspout in Lake Erie, July 27, 2014Low pressure moving from eastern Michigan to New York brought an area of heavy rain and embedded thunderstorms. Thunderstorms crossing Lake Erie produced a waterspout and three-quarter inch hail near Ripley.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 18, 2017A thunderstorm crossing Lake Erie produced three-quarter inch hail and wind gusts measured to 34 knots at Dunkirk.
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Lake Erie, April 14, 2019A warm front lifted northward across the region during the afternoon of April 14th. A strong area of low pressure moved from southwest Ohio through north central Ohio during the afternoon.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, April 14, 2019A dynamic low pressure system tracked just to the north of the area with low CAPE but a strongly sheared environment developing in the warm sector of this system. This encompassed the southern portions of the area.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, June 1, 2019Thunderstorms moving through Lake Erie produced wind gusts around 35 knots.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, September 3, 2002
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 10, 2003Refer to Eastern Michigan for more details.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 21, 2004
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 6, 2004
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, April 22, 2006
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, July 26, 2007Strong Thunderstorms producing large hail moved over the Michigan Waters of Lake Erie.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, June 23, 2008A thunderstorm moved over the Michigan waters of Lake Erie near Monroe.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 27, 2010A thunderstorm moving into western Lake Erie produced nickel size hail.
- Marine Hail in Lake Erie, May 29, 2011A thunderstorm crossing Lake Erie dropped nickel-sized hail at Ripley.
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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.