Special Marine Warning — Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH; Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH; Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH beyond 5NM off

Special Marine Warning — Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH; Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH; Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH beyond 5NM off was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Friday, 16 October 2026 at 10:19 UTC. The event is classified as a storm incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).

Special Marine Warning issued October 16 at 6:19AM EDT until October 16 at 7:45AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH SMWCLE The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Nearshore and Open waters from Willowick OH to Conneaut OH... * Until 745 AM EDT. * At 619 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 27 nm northwest of Geneva-On-The-Lake to 20 nm northwest of Fairport Harbor to 17 nm northwest of Willowick, moving east at 55 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * Locations impacted include... Geneva-On-The-Lake, Conneaut, Willowick, Fairport Harbor, and Ashtabula.

Where this happened

The incident is located in United States (North America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Historically, United States is most affected by hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the United States incident tracker.

Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 41.911°, -81.056°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.

Understanding storm events

Severe thunderstorms, windstorms, hail and winter storms. Severe storms combine wind, lightning, hail and sudden downpours. Secondary effects — falling trees, power line damage and flash flooding on roads — cause the majority of injuries.

How severity is rated

Global Incident Tracker rates every event on a four-step scale — Minor, Moderate, Severe and Extreme — derived from the source signal: earthquake magnitude, official GDACS alert colour, or the volume of independent media reporting for news-derived incidents. This event is currently rated Severe. Ratings can change as more information becomes available, and a rating is a monitoring signal rather than an official government assessment.

Safety guidance for storm situations

• Move indoors and away from windows; avoid sheltering under trees.
• Unplug sensitive electronics and avoid using wired equipment during lightning.
• Assume every downed power line is live and keep well clear.
• Do not drive through flooded underpasses.
• Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.

Data and verification

This record was generated automatically from the US National Weather Service (NWS) and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.

Keep watching the situation on our live world incident map, browse every storms we track on the Storm tracker, or see today's global picture on the incidents today page.

Timeline and sources

1. 16 Oct 2026, 10:21 UTC · received · event time 16 Oct 2026, 10:19 UTC
   First report Official warning

   First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.

   U.S. National Weather Service ↗

Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.

Conditions at the time