September 14, 2008: Peak Wind Gusts from Remnants of Hurricane Ike

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTER REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1015 AM EDT MON SEP 15 2008


PEAK WIND GUST REPORTS AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE 
PASSED TO OUR NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY EVENING 9/14.


***********************PEAK WIND GUST***********************

LOCATION            PEAK WIND    TIME/DATE    COMMENTS
                         GUST       OF
                        (MPH)   MEASUREMENT

OHIO

...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...
   BURKE LAKEFRONT ARPT    63   731 PM  9/14  
   CLEVELAND HOPKINS ARPT  53   553 PM  9/14  

...CRAWFORD COUNTY OH...
   GALION                  45           9/14

...ERIE COUNTY OH...
   SANDUSKY                57           9/14
   SOUTH BASS IS.          62   800 PM  9/14
   MAREBLEHEAD             54   754 PM  9/14
   HURON LIGHT             61   640 PM  9/14 
   VERMILION               55           9/14
   MILAN                   45           9/14

...HURON COUNTY...
   MONROEVILLE             56           9/14

...LAKE COUNTY...
   FAIRPORT HARBOR         61           9/14 


...LORAIN COUNTY...
   LORAIN COUNTY ARPT      71   604 PM  9/14  
   NORTH RIDGEVILLE        47   756 PM  9/14
   
...MARION COUNTY...
   MARION COUNTY ARPT      64   631 PM  9/14


...MEDINA COUNTY...
   LITCHFIELD              47   349 PM  9/14

...KNOX COUNTY...
   FREDRICKTOWN            46           9/14


...RICHLAND COUNTY...
   MANSFIELD LAHM ARPT     66   516 PM  9/14

...SANDUSKY COUNTY...
   FREMONT                 44           9/14
   CLYDE                   57           9/14

...SENECA COUNTY...
   TIFFIN                  54           9/14
   
  
...STARK COUNTY...
   SPARTA 3W               65   627 PM  9/14

...SUMMIT COUNTY...
   AKRON FULTON ARPT       58   719 PM  9/14  
   AKRON-CANTON REG ARPT   56   832 PM  9/14

...TRUMBULL COUNTY...
   YOUNGSTOWN MUNI ARPT    61   836 PM  9/14

...LUCAS COUNTY...
   TOLEDO EXPRESS ARPT     37   629 PM  9/14

...WOOD COUNTY...
   METCALF  ARPT           44   910 PM  9/14
   BOWLING GREEN           38

...ASHTABULA COUNTY...
   ASHTABULA ARPT          53   851 PM  9/14
   ASHTABULA LIGHT HOUSE   78           9/14 
   GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE      46   810 PM  9/14
   CONNEAUT                62   840 PM  9/14
   
...ERIE COUNTY PA...
   ERIE INTL ARPT          54   829 PM  9/14

...CRAWFORD COUNTY PA...
   MEADVILLE ARPT          53   928 PM  9/14

NOTE THAT THIS TROPICAL SYSTEM WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN
NORMAL FOR OUR AREA. THIS WAS DUE TO A COMBINATION 
OF FACTORS:
-THE STORM ITSELF WHICH MAINTAINED A WELL DEFINED 
STRUCTURE (A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT)...
-INCREASING FORWARD SPEED (IKE WAS MOVING OVER 40 MPH)...
-THE TIMING AFTER A SUNNY AND WARM DAY (STRONGER WINDS 
ALOFT WERE ABLE TO MIX DOWN)...
-OUR LOCATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STORM (THE WINDY 
QUADRANT WHERE THE ROTATIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL 
SPEED WERE ADDITIVE.