Power Outage in Curtice, OH

Blizzard. An Arctic cold front swept through the area around midnight 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 mainly light snow occurred behind the front across the county through the morning hours of December 23rd before tapering to flurries. 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 occasionally gusted over 50 MPH through the day. The highest gust measured on land was a 62 MPH gust measured at Port Clinton Airport at 10:35 AM. A few thousand power outages resulted across the county, with some lasting over 24 hours. 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. On December 23rd, a combination of falling/blowing snow and strong wind gusts led to visibility remaining at or below one-quarter of a mile at Port Clinton Airport from 7:35 AM through 2:55 PM, meaning that blizzard conditions were observed. 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. Minor accidents, slide-offs and disabled vehicles were reported throughout the area on December 23rd and 24th. The Ottawa County Sheriff declared a Level 3 snow emergency the morning of December 23rd, which closes all roads in the county to non-emergency travel. This was not lifted until the next morning. Wind chills plunged below 0 by 4 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until the early morning hours of December 26th. The lowest wind chill observed in the county was -37F on a weather station in Martin at 11:39 AM. Port Clinton Airport recorded a minimum wind chill of -36F at 12:15 PM. About one-dozen people took shelter at a warming center in Port Clinton due to losing power in those frigid conditions. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. A trained spotter measured 2.0��� of snow near Gypsum with this storm.

December 23, 2022

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill. Wind chills plunged below 0 by 4 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until the early morning hours of December 26th. The lowest wind chill observed in the county was -37F on a weather station in Martin at 11:39 AM. Port Clinton Airport recorded a minimum wind chill of -36F at 12:15 PM. About one-dozen people took shelter at a warming center in Port Clinton due to losing power in those frigid conditions. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning.

December 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Multiple trees and power poles downed, and a shed was damaged in Oak Harbor.

August 29, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines down on South Bass Island.

August 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Multiple trees and power lines down in the Port Clinton area.

November 15, 2020

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