Thunderstorm Wind — Sandusky, Ohio

2022-07-01 · near Fremont, Sandusky, Ohio

Event narrative

A tractor trailer was blown-over by strong convective wind gusts about 1.2 miles-WNW of downtown Fremont. Business' signs were also damaged in the area.

Wider weather episode

A surface cold front drifted southeastward across northern Indiana, southeast Lower Michigan, southern Ontario, and into northwest Ohio during the afternoon through early evening of the 1st. Simultaneously, a pre-frontal surface trough axis in the warm sector moved generally eastward across northern Ohio and Lake Erie. Low-level convergence and ascent along the pre-frontal trough axis acted as a focus for the development of multicellular showers and thunderstorms amidst weak to moderate MUCAPE and moderate to strong DCAPE and effective bulk shear, respectively. Some of the multicell storms produced isolated straight-line wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1032668. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.