Thunderstorm Wind — Sandusky, Ohio

2021-06-21 · near Gibsonburg, Sandusky, Ohio

Event narrative

Trees and power lines down in Gibsonburg.

Wider weather episode

A surface low moved northeastward from the Upper Mississippi Valley to west-central QC between the late afternoon of the 20th and early afternoon of the 21st. Northern OH remained in the warm sector until a cold front began sweeping eastward during the late morning of the 21st and neared the northeast OH/northwest PA border by early afternoon. Multiple rounds of multicell thunderstorms impacted northern OH during the late afternoon of the 20th through early afternoon of the 21st. In addition, a supercell impacted portions of northeast OH during the early afternoon of the 21st. Multiple reports of straight-line wind damage and one report of severe hail were received. These storms occurred in an environment with primarily moderate to strong effective bulk shear, MUCAPE, and DCAPE.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 960786. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.