Thunderstorm Wind — Scioto, Ohio

2011-03-23 · near Camp Oyo, Scioto, Ohio

Event narrative

A woman was killed by a falling tree while she was camping at the Shawnee State Forest.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 284373. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.