Thunderstorm Wind — Washington, Ohio

2025-04-19 · near Little Hocking, Washington, Ohio

Event narrative

Several pine trees had their tops knocked off in Little Hocking. One large maple tree was uprooted nearby.

Wider weather episode

On the afternoon of April 19th, a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms advanced through southeast Ohio in response to an eastward moving cold front. Damaging wind gusts accompanied this line of convection, which as a result caused many areas in Washington, Athens, and Vinton Counties to observe tree and power line damage. A 72 mile per hour wind gust was measured at a home in Belpre, close to where the roof of a barn was blown off. Storms quickly dashed eastward into West Virginia, bringing the severe weather threat in Ohio to an end by late that afternoon.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1255846. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.