Thunderstorm Wind — Columbiana, Ohio

2023-08-24 · near Bayard, Columbiana, Ohio

Event narrative

The public reported numerous trees over several hundred yards of wooded area. Cornfield was leveled by wind.

Wider weather episode

Strong thunderstorms developed along a cold front across the Central and Lower Great Lakes during the late evening and overnight hours of August 24-25, 2023. These thunderstorms were in an environment of strong to extreme instability, along with sufficient low-level and deep-layer wind shear for organized and rotating thunderstorms. This allowed storms that developed over Michigan to organize into a fast-moving cluster of thunderstorms that produced extensive wind damage and a number of tornadoes between southern Lower Michigan and southwestern Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1131971. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.