Power Outage in Berea, OH

Blizzard. An Arctic cold front swept through the area around 2 AM December 23rd. Low pressure along this front tracked over Lake Erie early in the morning on December 23rd and rapidly intensified through the day while slowly lifting northeast across Ontario. With the frontal passage rain changed to snow with temperatures dropping from the upper 30s and lower 40s to sub-zero in about 8 hours. A period of moderate to heavy snow, with rates briefly up to 1��� per hour, occurred during the early morning of December 23rd behind the front. Snow began tapering through the morning. The period of snow and rapidly falling temperatures led to a flash freeze and icy conditions on area roadways. While the falling snow became lighter through the daytime hours of December 23rd, winds began increasing during the pre-dawn hours and gusted over 45 MPH through the day. A peak gust of 55 MPH was measured at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport at 8:36 AM December 23rd. Burke Lakefront Airport measured a 52 MPH gust at 11:04 AM. Sporadic tree damage and power outages resulted. Wind gusts very gradually subsided into December 24th, though gusts didn���t drop below 30 MPH until that evening. This led to a prolonged period of widespread blowing and drifting snow beginning early in the morning December 23rd and continuing through the afternoon and evening, with some patchy blowing and drifting snow continuing all the way through Christmas Eve. Cleveland Hopkins, Burke Lakefront, and Cuyahoga County Airports all observed visibility at or below one-quarter of a mile for well over 3 consecutive hours in falling and blowing snow with wind gusts over 35 MPH on December 23rd, meaning blizzard conditions were achieved in the county. These conditions developed shortly after 5 AM along the lakeshore and by 8 AM across inland portions of the county and didn���t subside until 3 to 5 PM that afternoon. The greatest impact from this storm was to travel due to the flash freeze and extensive blowing and drifting snow, to go along with low visibility. Hundreds of minor accidents, slide-offs and disabled vehicles were reported throughout the area on December 23rd and 24th, with several dozen accidents resulting in at least minor injury. Wind chills plunged below 0 around 5 AM December 23rd and did not warm above 0 until after sunrise December 26th. Cleveland Hopkins recorded a minimum wind chill of -34F at 11:51 AM December 23rd. Cuyahoga County Airport reported a wind chill of -33F at 12:45 PM, and Burke Lakefront Airport recorded a wind chill of -31F at 11:53 AM. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. Cleveland Hopkins Airport measured 3.7��� of snow with this storm. Trained spotters measured 5.0��� of snow in Shaker Heights and Lyndhurst, with spotters also measuring 4.5��� in Highland Heights, 4.0��� in North Royalton and 3.4��� in Westlake. CoCoRaHS observers measured 5.0��� in Seven Hills, 4.9��� in South Euclid, 4.4��� in Parma and 3.5��� in Westlake and Strongsville.

December 23, 2022

As a wave of low pressure tracked out of the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast a wintry mix and then snow impacted portions of northern Ohio from February 17th into February 18th. A combination of ice, snow, falling temperatures and wind gusts up to 40 MPH led to poor travel conditions along with scattered downed trees and power outages. Trained spotters measured up to 7.2��� of snow in Ashtabula County near Monroe Center, with 6.9��� in Concord in Lake County and 6.2��� in Thompson in Geauga County. Amounts generally ranged from 2 to 5��� in the Cleveland metro. Ice accumulations of around 0.10��� were common with localized amounts of up to 0.20���.

February 17, 2022

Winter Storm. A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain developed during the late afternoon hours on February 17th and continued for several hours into the evening before changing to snow. Snow continued steadily through much of the night before tapering to more intermittent lake effect snow showers through the morning hours of February 18th. Winds gusted up to 40 MPH at times. Ice accumulations of 0.10 to 0.20��� occurred, which resulted in some downed tree limbs and power-outages when combined with the gusty winds. Poor travel conditions and auto accidents were reported. A trained spotter measured 4.7��� of snow in Chagrin Falls with this storm. Other select totals include spotters reporting 4.5��� in Lyndhurst, 3.9��� in Cleveland Heights, 3.4��� in Westlake and Seven Hills and 3.1��� in Broadview Heights.

February 17, 2022

A strong area of low pressure was located over southern Lake Michigan during the early morning hours of December 11th. This low moved quickly northeast to north of Lake Ontario by mid-afternoon, deepening at a rate of almost 1 mb per hour. Ahead of this system, conditions were warm across the area with temperatures into the 60s in some locations during the early morning hours. As this low pressure system moved east, it extended a cold front across northern Ohio, which allowed for temperatures to crash significantly into the 30s. More importantly, this front also allowed for showers and thunderstorms to move ahead of it through the region early in the day. Behind the front, strong synoptic winds moved across the region with the pressure rises behind the system. Wind gusts as high as 64 mph were felt across the area with that highest report recorded by a trained weather spotter with well sited equipment on the southeast side of Parma. Minor damage occurred across the region with downed trees and power lines and poles, which prompted numerous outages. Some minor structural damage was also noted in some locations.

December 11, 2021

High Wind. A trained spotter in Parma with well sited wind equipment measured a 56 knot (64 mph) wind gust at 3:15 pm. ASOS locations at Cleveland Hopkins Airport and Burke Lakefront Airport each measured 59 mph wind gusts during the afternoon hours on the 11th. Several trees and light poles were downed in the county, especially the southwestern portions of the county, including North Olmsted and Berea. One of these trees fell onto a house near the intersection of Gessner and Walter Roads. Over 19,000 customers were without power in the county.

December 11, 2021

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