Thunderstorm Wind — Hancock, Ohio

2023-02-27 · near Mc Comb, Hancock, Ohio

Event narrative

Several trees downed and utility pole snapped about two-miles north of McComb.

Wider weather episode

At the surface, a warm front swept northeastward in northwest Ohio and was quickly followed by an eastward cold front passage as an occluded low drifted east-northeastward from northwestern Illinois to southern Lake Michigan during the early afternoon through early evening of the 27th. A line of collapsing multicellular showers and thunderstorms accompanied the cold front and produced isolated straight-line convective wind damage in the McComb, Ohio area shortly after 4 PM EST. This multicelluar convection occurred in an environment with strong 0-1 km AGL bulk shear of about 50 knots, moderate effective bulk shear, and weak MUCAPE, which allowed precipitation to efficiently transport much stronger winds just aloft down to the surface and generate strong or damaging wind gusts in the process.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1073159. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.