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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
352 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 6/10/26 AMHERST NORTHEAST MICROBURST
AMHERST NE MICROBURST
RATING: TSTM/WIND
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.11 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 1000 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 06/10/2026
START TIME: 08:30 PM EDT
START LOCATION: 2 S LORAIN / LORAIN COUNTY / OH
START LAT/LON: 41.4172 / -82.194
END DATE: 06/10/2026
END TIME: 08:31 PM EDT
END LOCATION: 2 SSE LORAIN / LORAIN COUNTY / OH
END LAT/LON: 41.419 / -82.1727
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE
SURVEY IN COOPERATION WITH THE LORAIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY FOLLOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH LORAIN
COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026. THE SURVEY
DETERMINED THAT A MICROBURSTS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT-LINE
WIND DAMAGE ACROSS NORTHEAST AMHERST AROUND 8:30 PM EDT.A
MICROBURST OCCURRED AROUND 8:30 PM IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF
AMHERST.
THE MOST CONCENTRATED DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED NORTH OF STATE
ROUTE 2 AND NEAR NORTH RIDGE ROAD, INCLUDING THE COOPER FOSTER
PARK ROAD WEST CORRIDOR. THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OVERTURNED A
STORAGE CONTAINER, SNAPPED A UTILITY POLE, AND KNOCKED DOWN A
RESTAURANT SIGN ALONG COOPER FOSTER PARK ROAD WEST. TWO LARGE
TREES WERE UPROOTED AND FELL ACROSS COOPER FOSTER PARK ROAD WEST,
AND AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE SURROUNDING
AREA. APPROXIMATELY 50 TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWNED ONTO POWER
LINES, HOMES, AND ROADWAYS. AS WITH THE FIRST AREA OF DAMAGE, AN
ADDITIONAL SEVEN TREES WERE UPROOTED IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
APPROXIMATELY 50 TREE LIMBS WERE ALSO DOWNED ONTO POWER LINES,
HOMES, AND ROADWAYS. AS WITH THE FIRST AREA OF DAMAGE, THE
OBSERVED PATTERN WAS CONSISTENT WITH A MICROBURST PRODUCING
STRONG DIVERGENT WINDS.BASED ON THE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE
DAMAGE OBSERVED DURING THE SURVEY, PEAK WIND SPEEDS WERE
ESTIMATED AT UP TO 85 MPH IN THE STRONGEST PORTIONS OF THE
MICROBURSTS.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND EXTENDS ITS
APPRECIATION TO THE LORAIN COUNTY EMA FOR PROVIDING
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AND PARTICIPATING IN THE STORM SURVEY.
THEIR SUPPORT WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DOCUMENTING THE DAMAGE AND
COMPLETING THE ASSESSMENT.
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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