Waterspout in Lake Erie

Events

269

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

None recorded

• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in Lake Erie, October 20, 201810 eventsSeveral waterspouts and strong winds were observed on Lake Erie.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, September 6, 20179 eventsSeveral waterspouts were observed on Lake Erie.
• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in Lake Erie, July 28 to 29, 20239 eventsLake Erie remained along the northwestern flank of the Bermuda-Azores subtropical surface high pressure ridge on the 28th into the 29th before a cold front swept southeastward across the lake during the late morning of the 29th.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 4 to 5, 20207 eventsAs a surface low moved northeastward from Lake Ontario to far-southern Quebec during the evening of August 4th, a trailing cold front moved southeastward to the southern shore of Lake Erie by dusk before dissipating soon thereafter.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 1, 20217 eventsA surface low moved from northern Lake Huron during the predawn hours of the 1st to eastern Lake Ontario by early afternoon. This allowed the trailing cold front to sweep southeastward across Lake Erie during the midmorning through late morning hours.
• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Erie, August 29, 20227 eventsA surface low drifted eastward across far-northern Ontario during the evening of the 29th, which allowed Lake Erie and vicinity to reside in the warm sector as the low's trailing cold front approached slowly from the western Great Lakes.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 6, 20096 eventsHigh pressure was building into the region during the morning hours of the 6th. Cold air associated with the high pressure moved over the relatively warmer waters of Lake Erie that morning causing many waterspouts to develop. The waterspouts diminished during the afternoon hours.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 21, 20166 eventsSeveral waterspout were reported on Lake Erie as a cold front crossed the lake during the evening hours. Waterspouts were reported off shore of both Cleveland, Ohio and Erie, Pennsylvania.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, October 1, 20065 eventsA cold front moved across Lake Erie during the afternoon hours causing scattered showers and thunderstorms to develop. Waterspouts were associated with some of the stronger storms.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, September 23, 20125 eventsA cool airmass over Lake Erie provided sufficient instability for waterspouts to develop during the morning hours on September 23. Five waterspouts were reported offshore from Lorain to Avon Lake, Ohio.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, July 17, 20145 eventsCold air moving across Lake Erie caused instability showers to develop over the lake. Some of the stronger showers produced waterspouts.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, October 17, 20185 eventsSeveral waterspouts were reported on Lake Erie.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 6 to 7, 20195 eventsScattered thunderstorms moved across Lake Erie and produced several waterspouts along boundaries of convergence which developed over the basin.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, October 17, 20215 eventsFive waterspouts were reported during the early afternoon of the 17th. The waterspouts accompanied lake-effect rain bands streaming east-southeastward over Lake Erie.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, July 14, 20044 eventsTwo waterspouts were observed on Lake Erie to the east of Marblehead. No damage occurred.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 13, 20044 eventsSeveral waterspouts were reported over the western basin of Lake Erie moving slowly east. No damage occurred.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 20, 20124 eventsA cold front moved across Lake Erie on August 20th causing showers and thunderstorms to develop. A few waterspouts were reported.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, June 26, 20174 eventsShowers and thunderstorms developed over Lake Erie. Several waterspouts were reported.
• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Erie, July 10, 20204 eventsA surface low moved from southwestern Lower Michigan to far-western Lake Erie between the late morning and early evening of the 10th. The trailing cold front swept eastward from near the Indiana/Ohio border to central Ohio.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, July 31, 20204 eventsA weak surface ridge built southeastward over Lake Erie as the embedded high pressure center meandered over and near Lake Superior between daybreak and early afternoon of the 31st. In general, the ridge was accompanied by northeasterly surface winds over Lake Erie.
• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspouts in Lake Erie, October 15, 20214 eventsA 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.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, July 31, 20234 eventsA disturbance moving through along with low-level instability due to warm lake waters helped to spawn numerous waterspouts on Lake Erie in the afternoon. Many reports of waterspouts were received as most of the waterspouts occurred offshore of Buffalo and Hamburg.
• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Erie, July 24 to 25, 20244 eventsAt the surface, a low moved northeastward from Georgian Bay to central QC during the late morning of the 24th through late morning of the 25th.
• Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Lake Erie, August 17, 202550 kt wind · 4 eventsA cold front moved across Lake Erie during the early morning hours, resulting in gusty winds up to 48 knots across portions of the lake.
• Waterspouts in Lake Erie, August 9, 20121.5 in hail · 3 eventsA 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.

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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 2026-09-24.