Thunderstorm Wind — Coshocton, Ohio

2024-05-07 · near Tyndall, Coshocton, Ohio

$100K

Property damage

60 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Significant wind damage was reported in a neighborhood in the vicinity of Township Road 285. An area with a radius of about three-quarters of a mile had reported wind damage, with numerous trees down on vehicles.

Wider weather episode

Potent low pressure tracked across the Upper Midwest from May 7th into May 8th, pushing an occluded boundary across the Upper Ohio Valley. Strong warm and moist advection kept conditions favorable for convection into the overnight hours, with high levels of shear and a surface trough also supporting storm development. Cyclic supercell structures supported higher-end straight line wind damage, as well as three tornadoes in eastern Ohio. One of these ended up being one of the stronger and more significant tornadoes in the region's recent history, a high-end EF2 that ultimately tracked across 15 miles and three states.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1183458. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.