Storm reports for November 15, 2020

On November 15, 2020, NWS Cleveland reported that wind gusts of 60 mph or more were common across northern Ohio, with the highest, 79 mph, at the Lorain Harbor Lighthouse.¹ The office reported widespread damage to trees, power poles and roofs.¹ In the early afternoon, winds estimated at 60 knots (69 mph) blew a metal roof off a building in New Franklin, tore part of a roof off a building in Hubbard and damaged roofs in Hiram.^2,3,4 In Newark, a large part of an old building under renovation collapsed.⁵ Two men died when their boat capsized on Clendening Lake in Harrison County, Ohio, as the storm line arrived.⁶

That evening, NWS Mount Holly found straight-line winds up to 80 mph from 6:48 to 6:51 p.m. EST in Maxatawny Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, about 4 miles east-northeast of Kutztown, where a large barn was almost completely destroyed and a shed was destroyed.⁷ Around 7:41 p.m., winds estimated at 60 knots (69 mph) partly blew the roof off a building in Norristown.⁸ Shortly after 9 p.m. in Litchfield County, Connecticut, a microburst with winds estimated at 78 knots (90 mph) downed trees along a path of nearly 2 miles in Litchfield, and 74-knot (85 mph) winds destroyed a storage building in Harwinton.^9,10