Thunderstorm Wind in Scioto County, Ohio
Thunderstorm Wind March 23, 2011 · Scioto County, Ohio
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A woman was killed by a falling tree while she was camping at the Shawnee State Forest.
The wider storm
An upper level jet stream tracking through the Ohio Valley combined with low pressure at the surface to produce severe thunderstorms during the afternoon of March 23rd. Several supercells developed producing large hail. There were also a few thunderstorm line segments with damaging wind gusts ahead of drier air rapidly advancing from the west. A second round of thunderstorms occurred closer to the main cold front during the evening of March 23rd to just after midnight on March 24th.
Began near Camp Oyo (38.7406, -83.2047).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 284373. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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