Thunderstorm Wind — Wayne, Ohio

2025-06-24 · near West Salem, Wayne, Ohio

Event narrative

Trees downed in West Salem.

Wider weather episode

During the evening of June 24th, a front wavered in a north-south manner in vicinity of Lake Erie while separating a very warm and humid air mass to the south from a somewhat cooler and less humid air mass to the north. Along and near the front, scattered multicell showers and thunderstorms persisted generally eastward across northern Ohio amidst moderate effective bulk shear and primarily moderate to strong MUCAPE. The storms generated isolated straight-line wind damage in portions of Stark, Wayne, Huron, and Geauga Counties.

Then, during the afternoon through early evening of the 25th, the same front was nearly-stationary across northern Ohio. Along and near the front, scattered multicell showers and thunderstorms persisted generally east-southeastward amidst moderate effective bulk shear and primarily moderate MUCAPE. These storms generated isolated straight-line wind damage in Seneca, Huron, and Knox Counties.

During the afternoon through early evening of the 26th, central Ohio was firmly entrenched in the warm and moist sector as the same front extended east-southeastward from the Detroit area to northwest PA and moved little. A weak shortwave trough moved eastward along the warm front and promoted shower and thunderstorm activity in the warm and moist sector, as mixed layer CAPE values built to 1500-2500 J/kg by early evening, due in part to daytime heating. The environment was favorable for heavy rainfall with precipitable water values near 1.9 inches and weak deep-layer flow promoting slow storm motions generally from west to east. Isolated flash flooding occurred in Holmes County and straight-line convective wind damage was reported in Mount Vernon. All of these storms occurred amidst moderate effective bulk shear.

During the late morning through early evening of the 27th, the front drifted generally eastward from central Lake Erie and the OH/PA border area and vicinity to far-western NY and western PA. Simultaneously, the front's parent surface low wobbled east-northeastward from central portions of MI's Upper Peninsula to just east of Lake Superior. Behind the warm front, a line of multicell thunderstorms persisted generally eastward across the Cleveland metro area and generated isolated straight-line wind damage and hail up to nickel-size during the early afternoon hours. Farther behind the front, a cluster of multicell thunderstorms persisted generally eastward across northern Lucas County, OH and vicinity during the early evening and generated isolated straight-line wind damage in Sylvania. All of these storms occurred amidst moderate effective bulk shear and moderate to strong MUCAPE within the warm and moist sector.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1291069. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.