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Overview
A line of severe thunderstorms moved rapidly southeast out of Michigan and Indiana late in the evening hours of Monday June 13 and during the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday June 14, tracking along a warm front which separated very hot and humid conditions to the southwest from cooler and drier conditions to the northeast. These severe thunderstorms produced a swath of continuous wind damage from winds estimated at 60 to 70 mph from northwest Ohio through interior sections of north central and northeast Ohio. A swath from Richland, Ashland, and Morrow Counties through Wayne, Holmes, and Knox Counties was particularly hard hit with widespread tree damage from winds likely around 80 mph. A large macroburst that tracked across Wayne and Holmes Counties produced estimated 80 to over 90 mph winds from Wooster Township through Millersburg. Thousands of trees were downed along this path, many of which fell on homes, vehicles, and power lines causing widespread power outages. Clean-up and power restoration in Richland, Ashland, Morrow, Wayne, Holmes, and Knox Counties took several days. In addition to the straight line winds, three E-F1 tornadoes touched down. The first tornado touched down 5 miles northeast of Mt. Gilead and ended 6 miles northwest of Chesterville and had maximum winds of 97 mph. The second tornado touched down in Chesterville and ended 5 miles southwest of Fredericktown and had maximum winds of 105 mph. The third tornado touched down 3 miles north of Butler and ended 4 miles south of Perrysville. These tornadoes damaged or destroyed several barns and outbuildings.
This line of thunderstorms was classified as a derecho. A derecho is defined as “A widespread, convectively induced straight-line windstorm, more specifically, any family of downburst clusters produced by an extratropical mesoscale convective system.” (American Meteorological Society, 2014). Furthermore, derechos generally have swaths of damage that extend around 250 to 400 miles in length, around 60 miles in width, and these systems contain 58 mph winds along most of that damage path with a few 75 mph or greater gusts. |
Radar loop showing the derecho (first round of storms), followed by a secondary thunderstorm complex in the late evening and overnight hours of June 13 into June 14, 2022. |
Tornadoes and Wind:
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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
Photos & Video
Damage in Berlin Township (Neil Fischer) |
Trees down off of Batdorf Rd in Wooster (Annie Kobilarcik) |
South of Wooster. Old Columbus Road and off of Batdorf Rd. (Annie Kobilarcik) |
South of Wooster. Old Columbus Road and off of Batdorf Rd. (Annie Kobilarcik) |
South of Wooster. Old Columbus Road and off of Batdorf Rd. (Annie Kobilarcik) |
South of Wooster. Old Columbus Road and off of Batdorf Rd. (Annie Kobilarcik) |
Skyview Ranch Camp in Millersburg (Eric Ristow) |
Skyview Ranch Camp in Millersburg (Eric Ristow) |
Skyview Ranch Camp in Millersburg (Eric Ristow) |
Skyview Ranch Camp in Millersburg (Eric Ristow) |
Mt. Gilead. SR 95 just east of SR 61 (Patty) |
Mt. Gilead. SR 95 just east of SR 61 (Patty) |
Tree down in Martinsburg (Karlin Gingerich) |
Damage in Mansfield just west of US 42 (Jason Crundwell) |
West Salem Damage (Kristi Kay Zgrabik) |
Tree uprooted west of Wooster (Amanda) |
Tree damage in Wooster Memorial Park (Jill Hartmann) |
Southwest of Wooster (Wendy Kingery) |
Radar
Radar loop showing the derecho (first round of storms), followed by a secondary thunderstorm complex in the late evening and overnight hours of June 13 into June 14, 2022. |
Storm Reports
032 NWUS51 KCLE 170726 LSRCLE PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 326 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2022 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0935 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW SYLVANIA 41.67N 83.72W 06/13/2022 LUCAS OH TRAINED SPOTTER 10 INCH DIAMETER OAK TREE BRANCH DOWN. 1036 PM TSTM WND GST 2 SW FINDLAY 41.02N 83.67W 06/13/2022 M66 MPH HANCOCK OH ASOS MEASURED WIND GUST OF 66 MPH (57 KT) AT KFDY. 1205 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSE CONGRESS 40.86N 82.03W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 5 SSE CONGRESS. *DELAYED REPORT* HEALTHY 70 FT PINE TREE DOWNED ON RICE HILL RD IN CHESTER TOWNSHIP. 1019 PM TSTM WND DMG WOODVILLE 41.45N 83.37W 06/13/2022 SANDUSKY OH PUBLIC A FEW UTILITY POLES DOWNED IN AND AROUND WOODVILLE, WITH DAMAGE TO A SUBSTATION AS WELL. THIS RESULTED IN THE ENTIRE TOWN LOSING POWER THROUGH THE NIGHT. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1024 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N GIBSONBURG 41.41N 83.32W 06/13/2022 M58 MPH SANDUSKY OH TRAINED SPOTTER MEASURED WIND GUST OF 58.3 MPH. 1027 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SW BAY VIEW 41.43N 82.89W 06/13/2022 SANDUSKY OH PUBLIC CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 4 SW BAY VIEW. TREE BLOCKING WAHL ROAD IN WHITES LANDING. 1028 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE WALBRIDGE 41.57N 83.48W 06/13/2022 M58 MPH WOOD OH ASOS ASOS STATION KTDZ TOLEDO. 1030 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NNE CLYDE 41.38N 82.94W 06/13/2022 SANDUSKY OH PUBLIC CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 6 NNE CLYDE. TREE DOWN OVER ROAD IN VICKERY. 1033 PM TSTM WND DMG RAWSON 40.96N 83.78W 06/13/2022 HANCOCK OH EMERGENCY MNGR LARGE TREE ON A ROAD IN RAWSON, WITH 8 UTILITY POLES ALSO DOWNED. SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE, INCLUDING SOME ON ROADS, REPORTED ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY, ESPECIALLY NEAR MCCOMB, BENTON RIDGE AND JENERA. TIME OF RAWSON DAMAGE ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1035 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SE RISINGSUN 41.22N 83.36W 06/13/2022 SENECA OH EMERGENCY MNGR MANY TREE LIMBS AND TREES DOWNED IN AND NEAR JACKSON TWP, WITH SIGNIFICANT TREE DEBRIS ON SOME ROADWAYS. A FEW POWER POLES WERE ALSO DOWNED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 23. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1038 PM TSTM WND GST ARLINGTON 40.89N 83.65W 06/13/2022 E70 MPH HANCOCK OH TRAINED SPOTTER TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATES 70 MPH WIND GUST. 1038 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW BAY VIEW 41.44N 82.83W 06/13/2022 ERIE OH PUBLIC TREE ON A HOUSE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 1040 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNE SANDUSKY 41.49N 82.70W 06/13/2022 M52 MPH LEZ144 OH MESONET MESONET STATION XSDB 2 NNE SANDUSKY. 1042 PM TSTM WND GST 3 E TIFFIN 41.12N 83.12W 06/13/2022 E60 MPH SENECA OH TRAINED SPOTTER SPOTTER ESTIMATES 60 MPH WIND GUST, SHINGLES WERE ALSO SEEN BLOWN OFF OF ROOF. 1050 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 N MILAN 41.35N 82.61W 06/13/2022 ERIE OH PUBLIC 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED IN HALF. 1050 PM TSTM WND DMG HURON 41.40N 82.56W 06/13/2022 ERIE OH PUBLIC CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM HURON. LARGE TREE SNAPPED MIDWAY UP. 1052 PM TSTM WND DMG NORWALK 41.24N 82.60W 06/13/2022 HURON OH PUBLIC DELAYED REPORT- A FEW LIMBS DOWNED, INCLUDING ONE LARGER THAN 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1100 PM TSTM WND GST 1 ENE HURON 41.40N 82.55W 06/13/2022 M59 MPH LEZ144 OH MESONET MESONET STATION HHLO1 HURON. 1108 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SSE MARION 40.57N 83.12W 06/13/2022 M62 MPH MARION OH TRAINED SPOTTER SPOTTER REPORTS 62.4 MPH WIND GUST. 1110 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW WALDO 40.45N 83.13W 06/13/2022 MARION OH PUBLIC LARGE SILVER MAPLE DOWN ON SR47. 1110 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE MARION 40.58N 83.10W 06/13/2022 MARION OH TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE LIMBS DOWN. 1110 PM TSTM WND DMG CALEDONIA 40.63N 82.97W 06/13/2022 MARION OH EMERGENCY MNGR CORRECTS TIME OF PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM CALEDONIA. TREE FELL ONTO HOME. 1111 PM TORNADO CHESTERVILLE 40.48N 82.68W 06/13/2022 MORROW OH NWS STORM SURVEY A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR CHESTERVILLE AND TRACKED SOUTHEAST INTO KNOX COUNTY WHERE IT DISSIPATED NEAR COCHRAN ROAD. THE TOTAL PATH WAS 7.1 MILES AND NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED AND UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. A DETACHED GARAGE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED WITH CINDER BLOCKS THROWN 20 YARDS. A BARN WAS DESTROYED AND FARM EQUIPMENT DISPLACED 200 TO 300 YARDS. 1112 PM TSTM WND DMG CRESTLINE 40.79N 82.73W 06/13/2022 CRAWFORD OH PUBLIC DELAYED REPORT- ROOF DAMAGE TO A BUILDING IN CRESTLINE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1115 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ESE MARION 40.58N 83.10W 06/13/2022 MARION OH PUBLIC MULTIPLE BRANCHES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 1115 PM TSTM WND DMG NEW LONDON 41.08N 82.41W 06/13/2022 HURON OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE DOWN. 1115 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE CASTALIA 41.43N 82.78W 06/13/2022 ERIE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT ACROSS CASTALIA, BAY VIEW, SANDUSKY, AND HURON. MULTIPLE TREES AND LIMBS DOWN, SOME TRANSFORMERS WERE ALSO BLOWN. 1115 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE CASTALIA 41.43N 82.78W 06/13/2022 ERIE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT MULTIPLE TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ACROSS CASTALIA, BAY VIEW, SANDUSKY, AND HURON. 1117 PM TORNADO 6 NE MOUNT GILEAD 40.60N 82.75W 06/13/2022 MORROW OH NWS STORM SURVEY A EF-1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR TOWNSHIP ROAD 46 AND TRACKED SOUTHEAST BEFORE DISSIPATING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF TOWNSHIP ROAD 84 AND TOWNSHIP ROAD 91. NUMEROUS TREES WERE UPROOTED AND SNAPPED WITH AREAS OF CONVERGENCE NOTED. NUMEROUS FARM BUILDINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE RANGING FROM COMPLETE LOSS OF ROOF TO COMPROMISED EXTERIOR ROADS. 2X4 PLANKS IMPALED THE SIDES AND ROOFS OF BUILDINGS. FARM EQUIPMENT WAS ALSO DISPLACED APPROXIMATELY 30 YARDS. 1120 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT GILEAD 40.55N 82.83W 06/13/2022 MORROW OH PUBLIC MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN, 4-5 INCHES IN DIAMETER. DIME SIZE HAIL. 1122 PM TSTM WND DMG LEXINGTON 40.68N 82.59W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH TRAINED SPOTTER TREES SNAPPED IN HALF, POWER LINES DOWN. 1122 PM TSTM WND DMG MANSFIELD 40.76N 82.53W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN AND AROUND MANSFIELD. 1122 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SW MANSFIELD 40.74N 82.55W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC POWER POLE FELL ONTO DELIVERY TRUCK. 1122 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE MOUNT GILEAD 40.53N 82.76W 06/13/2022 MORROW OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 1125 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SSW MANSFIELD 40.74N 82.54W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE FELL ON HOME. 1127 PM TSTM WND DMG BELLVILLE 40.62N 82.51W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED. 1127 PM TSTM WND DMG PERRYSVILLE 40.66N 82.31W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN AND AROUND PERRYSVILLE. 1129 PM TSTM WND DMG FREDERICKTOWN 40.48N 82.55W 06/13/2022 KNOX OH PUBLIC SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. 1129 PM TSTM WND DMG ASHLAND 40.87N 82.32W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER POLE DAMAGE IN AND AROUND ASHLAND. 1130 PM TSTM WND DMG LEXINGTON 40.68N 82.59W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH AMATEUR RADIO TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. ROOF BLOWN OFF OF ONE MOBILE HOME. 1131 PM TSTM WND GST BAILEY LAKES 40.95N 82.36W 06/13/2022 M62 MPH ASHLAND OH AMATEUR RADIO AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER MEASURED 62 MPH WIND GUST. 1132 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E ASHLAND 40.88N 82.25W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SHINGLES BLOWN OFF ROOF. 1132 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE MIFFLIN 40.82N 82.34W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE DOWN. 1133 PM TORNADO 3 N BUTLER 40.63N 82.42W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH NWS STORM SURVEY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONDUCTED A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY IN CONJUNCTION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES. THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT DETERMINED AN EF-1 (86-110 MPH) TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF NEWVILLE AT 1133 PM EDT ON JUNE 13. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AND DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING NEAR POSSUM RUN ROAD AND SNYDER ROAD. THE TORNADO TRACKED EASTWARD SOUTH OF POSSUM RUN ROAD AND PRODUCED EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AS IT MOVED EAST AND REMAINED SOUTH OF PLEASANT HILL LAKE. THE TORNADO THEN TURNED SOUTHEAST AND BECAME MORE INTERMITTENT AND ENTERED MOHICAN STATE PARK AND PRODUCED ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE. 1133 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N BUTLER 40.62N 82.42W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH NWS STORM SURVEY A SECTION OF ROOF OF A FARM BUILDING WAS BLOWN OFF. 1135 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 ESE BUTLER 40.57N 82.36W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED ON HARRIS RD. 1135 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 WSW PERRYSVILLE 40.64N 82.38W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE ON OH-95 NEAR 603. 1135 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE BUTLER 40.63N 82.40W 06/13/2022 RICHLAND OH NWS STORM SURVEY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOUSE. THE PORCH WAS DAMAGED. THE CHIMNEY WAS DESTROYED AND A LARGE ANTENNA WAS TORN FROM THE HOUSE. 1137 PM TSTM WND DMG JEROMESVILLE 40.80N 82.20W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN AND AROUND JEROMESVILLE. 1138 PM TSTM WND DMG PERRYSVILLE 40.66N 82.31W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH TRAINED SPOTTER MULTIPLE TREES DOWN AND/OR UPROOTED. 1140 PM TSTM WND DMG LOUDONVILLE 40.63N 82.23W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN AND AROUND LOUDONVILLE INCLUDING A LARGE 70 FOOT TALL TREE WITH A 36 INCH DIAMETER. 1140 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 SSW LOUDONVILLE 40.56N 82.27W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG SR-3 NEAR THE ASHLAND-KNOX COUNTY LINE. 1145 PM TSTM WND DMG LOUDONVILLE 40.63N 82.23W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC NUMEROUS TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT LOUDONVILLE. 1145 PM TSTM WND DMG POLK 40.95N 82.21W 06/13/2022 ASHLAND OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE IN AND AROUND POLK. 1148 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E SHREVE 40.68N 82.01W 06/13/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. 1149 PM TSTM WND DMG SHREVE 40.68N 82.02W 06/13/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A BARN IN SHREVE. 1150 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 WSW WOOSTER 40.80N 82.00W 06/13/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC *DELAYED REPORT* LARGE AREA OF TREES DOWN ON US-30 JUST BEFORE US250. 1150 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E JEROMESVILLE 40.81N 82.11W 06/13/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC *DELAYED REPORT* TREES DOWNED ONTO HOME ON OLD LINCOLN WAY. 1150 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW GLENMONT 40.51N 82.10W 06/13/2022 HOLMES OH PUBLIC MULTIPLE BRANCHES LARGER THAN 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1159 PM TSTM WND DMG MARTINSBURG 40.27N 82.35W 06/13/2022 KNOX OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE DOWN. 1200 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 N SHREVE 40.73N 82.04W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC *DELAYED REPORT* ROOF DAMAGE TO THREE HOMES AND NUMEROUS TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ON ELYRIA RD, SPRINGVILLE RD AND MILLBROOK RD. 1201 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW KILLBUCK 40.53N 82.01W 06/14/2022 HOLMES OH BROADCAST MEDIA DELAYED REPORT- SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ON A PROPERTY, WITH ONE DAMAGING A DECK AND ANOTHER LANDING ON A CAR. 1202 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 ESE CONGRESS 40.90N 81.99W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC BARN DAMAGED WITH A LARGE BRANCH SNAPPED ON THE SAME PROPERTY. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1205 AM TSTM WND DMG 7 W WOOSTER 40.81N 82.06W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC *DELAYED REPORT* SEVERAL LARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED. 1205 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SW MILLERSBURG 40.54N 81.93W 06/14/2022 HOLMES OH PUBLIC MORE THAN 20 TREES DOWN ON PERSONAL PROPERTY. 1208 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 W WOOSTER 40.81N 82.03W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC *DELAYED REPORT* SEVERAL HEALTHY, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED AT WOOSTER MEMORIAL PARK ON SILVER RD. 1208 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNE POLK 40.99N 82.19W 06/14/2022 ASHLAND OH TRAINED SPOTTER TREE FELL ONTO HOME. 1209 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 S WOOSTER 40.78N 81.93W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH BROADCAST MEDIA MAJOR AND WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE IN WOOSTER TOWNSHIP. ODOT IS CLEARING BLOCKED ROADS WITH PLOWS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 1209 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSW WOOSTER 40.79N 81.96W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC SEVERAL LARGE TREES AND UTILITY POLES DOWN ON OLD COLUMBUS ROAD AND OFF OF BATDORF RD. 1209 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE MILLERSBURG 40.57N 81.88W 06/14/2022 HOLMES OH PUBLIC SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AT SKYVIEW RANCH CHRISTIAN CAMP. MANY FALLEN TREES. SOME TREES CRUSHED CARS, DAMAGED BUILDINGS, AND BLOCKED THE ONLY TWO WAYS OUT OF CAMP. 1210 AM TSTM WND GST 5 ENE SHREVE 40.71N 81.95W 06/14/2022 E94 MPH WAYNE OH NWS STORM SURVEY AN NWS STORM SURVEY REVEALED A LARGE SWATH OF SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WAYNE, SOUTHEASTWARDS INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 14, 2022. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF AN EMBEDDED MACROBURST WITHIN A LARGER-SCALE DERECHO WHICH IMPACTED PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON JUNE 13 AND JUNE 14, 2022. SURVEYORS NOTED THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE BROUGHT DOWN AND/OR SNAPPED, BEGINNING JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF WOOSTER, OH. IN ADDITION SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND AT LEAST ONE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED. THE EXTENSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE SWATH CONTINUED SOUTHEAST INTO HOLMES COUNTY, ENDING IN THE VICINITY OF THE MILLERSBURG TO WALNUT CREEK AREA. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 80 TO 90 MPH RANGE, WITH MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OF 94 MPH OVER THE DURATION OF THE MACROBURST. 1211 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 E MILLERSBURG 40.56N 81.80W 06/14/2022 HOLMES OH BROADCAST MEDIA MULTIPLE TREES UPROOTED IN BERLIN. METAL ROOF OR SIDING BLOWN OFF OF STRUCTURE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 1216 AM TSTM WND GST 4 SE HOLMESVILLE 40.59N 81.87W 06/14/2022 E94 MPH HOLMES OH NWS STORM SURVEY AN NWS STORM SURVEY REVEALED A LARGE SWATH OF SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT-LINE WIND DAMAGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN WAYNE, SOUTHEASTWARDS INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN HOLMES COUNTIES JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON JUNE 14, 2022. THIS DAMAGE OCCURRED AS A RESULT OF AN EMBEDDED MACROBURST WITHIN A LARGER-SCALE DERECHO WHICH IMPACTED PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INDIANA AND OHIO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ON JUNE 13 AND JUNE 14, 2022. SURVEYORS NOTED THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE BROUGHT DOWN AND/OR SNAPPED, BEGINNING JUST SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY OF WOOSTER, OH. IN ADDITION SEVERAL POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED AND AT LEAST ONE BUILDING WAS DESTROYED. THE EXTENSIVE AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE SWATH CONTINUED SOUTHEAST INTO HOLMES COUNTY, ENDING IN THE VICINITY OF THE MILLERSBURG TO WALNUT CREEK AREA. ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 80 TO 90 MPH RANGE, WITH MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS OF 94 MPH OVER THE DURATION OF THE MACROBURST. 1221 AM TSTM WND DMG HOLMESVILLE 40.63N 81.92W 06/14/2022 HOLMES OH PUBLIC EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER POLES, WITH SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HOMES IN THE VILLAGE OF HOLMESVILLE. 1242 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW WOOSTER 40.80N 81.94W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREE, 18 INCH DIAMETER, DOWN. 0158 AM HAIL 3 NNE BOWLING GREEN 41.42N 83.62W 06/14/2022 E0.75 INCH WOOD OH TRAINED SPOTTER DIME SIZE HAIL. 0226 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NW BRADNER 41.35N 83.47W 06/14/2022 WOOD OH NWS EMPLOYEE LARGE TREE DOWNED, DOING SOME DAMAGE TO A BACK DECK. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 0235 AM TSTM WND GST 4 E PORT CLINTON 41.52N 82.87W 06/14/2022 M41 MPH OTTAWA OH AWOS AWOS STATION KPCW PORT CLINTON. 0300 AM FLOOD FREMONT 41.35N 83.11W 06/14/2022 SANDUSKY OH EMERGENCY MNGR SEWERS WERE OVERWHELMED BY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLOODED THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE BASEMENT WITH 3 INCHES OF WATER. SCATTERED BASEMENT FLOODING REPORTED ACROSS THE COUNTY. TIME OF COURTHOUSE FLOODING ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. 0311 AM TSTM WND DMG SHELBY 40.88N 82.66W 06/14/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC 25 FOOT 24 INCH DIAMETER PINE TREE SNAPPED. 0312 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 WSW SAVANNAH 40.95N 82.41W 06/14/2022 ASHLAND OH NWS STORM SURVEY A SECTION OF ROOF OF A FARM BUILDING WAS BLOWN OFF AND THE DEBRIS WAS BLOWN TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THREE CALF HUTCHES WERE AIRBORNE AND CARRIED ABOUT 1500 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST. 0320 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 NW MIFFLIN 40.81N 82.44W 06/14/2022 RICHLAND OH PUBLIC *DELAYED REPORT* SEVERAL TREES DOWN AT WINDSOR RD AND OSBUN RD. 0327 AM TSTM WND DMG WEST SALEM 40.97N 82.11W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE DOWN. 0329 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW BAILEY LAKES 40.89N 82.43W 06/14/2022 RICHLAND OH TRAINED SPOTTER TREE WITH APPROXIMATE DIAMETER OF 12 INCHES DOWN ON WIRES ON OH-545. 0332 AM TSTM WND GST FREDERICKTOWN 40.47N 82.55W 06/14/2022 E80 MPH KNOX OH NWS STORM SURVEY DELAYED REPORT - LARGE TREE UPROOTED ONTO A HOME. NUMEROUS OTHER LARGE LIMBS AND TREES DOWNED IN AREA. 0333 AM TSTM WND GST FREDERICKTOWN 40.48N 82.55W 06/14/2022 E80 MPH KNOX OH NWS STORM SURVEY DELAYED REPORT - LARGE TREE DOWN ON HOME. ADDITIONAL TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN AREA. 0338 AM TSTM WND DMG 6 NNW SHREVE 40.77N 82.06W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC CORRECTS DATE FOR 6 NNW SHREVE REPORT. TREE UPROOTED BY SECOND LINE OF STORMS. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. ALSO HAD DOWNED TREES IN THE AREA FROM THE FIRST LINE OF STORMS EARLIER IN THE EVENING. 0340 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 WSW WOOSTER 40.79N 82.02W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC LARGE PINE TREE UPROOTED AT JEFFERSON RD AND WILE RD. 0344 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE SHREVE 40.71N 81.94W 06/14/2022 WAYNE OH PUBLIC SEVERAL TREES DAMAGED AT MORELAND RD AND MILLERSBURG RD. 0347 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 E CENTERBURG 40.30N 82.65W 06/14/2022 KNOX OH PUBLIC LARGE TREE BRANCH DOWN ON 657 BETWEEN PERRY AND WEBSTER. 0352 AM TSTM WND GST 4 N MANSFIELD 40.82N 82.52W 06/14/2022 M61 MPH RICHLAND OH ASOS ASOS STATION KMFD MANSFIELD. && $$
Environment
Synoptic Analysis
During the late evening and overnight hours of June 13 and 14, 2022, a strong mid/upper level ridge of high pressure (heat dome) was expanding across the Midwest, Tennessee Valley, and Ohio Valley with 500 mb heights of 594 DM centered over the Tennessee Valley. This placed the lower Great Lakes in broad WNW flow with a belt of 60-80 knots from the upper Midwest through the lower Great Lakes. At 03Z (11PM) June 14, a 500 mb shortwave trough could also be seen traversing lower Michigan. This shortwave and its associated upper level divergence generated the enhanced lift necessary to form a thunderstorm complex. At the 850 mb level, a southwesterly 35-40 knot low-level jet developing in response to the mid-level shortwave lifted a warm front north and northeast to a position from the Upper Midwest to central Ohio at 03Z June 14 as can be seen in the tightly packed isotherms and dew point pooling on the 850 mb plot. This strong warm/moist advection into the warm frontal boundary set up a strong temperature and moisture gradient for which the thunderstorm complex could track along from NW to SE. In fact, deep layer moisture convergence at 03Z also showed the strong moisture pooling from lower Michigan into NW and north central Ohio.
Figure 1: 500 mb height/temp/wind | Figure 2: 850 mb height/temp/dew point | Figure 3: Deep layer moisture flux convergence and 100 mb mean mixing ratio |
Another way to view this temperature and moisture gradient in the vicinity of the warm frontal boundary is to look at surface theta e advection. At 03Z June 14, the surface theta e plot showed a sharp theta e gradient from near Chicago into central Ohio which is almost in the same position as the 850 mb temperature and dew point gradient discussed above. Long-lived thunderstorm complexes that can produce long swaths of wind damage, such as derechos, often propagate close to the theta e gradient, and this derecho was no exception. The 03Z June 14 surface temperature and dew point plot showed very high dew points in the mid to upper 70s surging north and northeast behind the warm front, so the thunderstorm complex had plenty of heat and moisture available to maintain a strong intensity as it tracked along the theta e/temp/moisture gradient, as the low-level jet persistently fed heat and moisture into the system.
Figure 4: Surface Theta E Advection | Figure 5: Surface temp, dew point, and pmsl |
Synoptic Analysis
The parameter space (environment) was very favorable to support and maintain a convective complex, or in this case Derecho, in an otherwise unfavorable time of day across northern OH. Note almost all of the shown parameters indicate a gradient (values of high to low) located across northern OH. Organized storms will tend to track along these gradients while tapping into the extremely favorable parameter space just to the south of the gradient. Note the northeastward expansion of the EML, seen in figure 3, which was priming the mid-level environment throughout much of the day on June 13.
Figure 1: MLCAPE at 11 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. Note the strong gradient located across northern OH. The Derecho tracked southeastward along this instability gradient. | Figure 2: Effective shear at 11 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. Note the strong wind field in place associated with the Derecho with effective shear values in excess of 50 knots. | Figure 3: Mid-level lapse rates (700 to 500 mb) at 11 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. Note the northeast extension of the elevated mixed layer (EML) into the area, resulting in steep mid-level lapse rates of 7 to 7.5 degrees C/km. |
Figure 4: DCAPE at 11 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. Once again, note the strong DCAPE gradient located across northern OH. The DCAPE parameter can aid in determining the damaging wind potential. | Figure 5: Derecho composite at 11 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. Note the strong gradient located across northern OH, owing to the very favorable environment for the Derecho to track through and maintain its strength in an otherwise non-favorable time of day. |
Area Soundings
Figure 1: Detroit sounding at 8 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. Note the strong wind field resulting in 50 knots of effective shear. Also, note the slight easterly winds near the surface in the sounding. This means that Detroit was located just to the north of the boundary and thus why the instability parameters were so low. | Figure 2: Pittsburgh sounding at 8 PM EDT on June 13, 2022. At this point, Pittsburgh was located just to the south of the boundary, hence the more modest instability parameters. However, the effective shear values were much lower, more in the 30 to 35-knot range. |
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