Power Outage in Howard, OH

Winter Storm. An Arctic cold front swept through the area shortly before 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 light to moderate 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 gusted over 35 MPH through the day. A peak wind gust of 43 MPH was recorded at Knox County airport at 4:55 AM December 23rd. Sporadic tree damage and power outages resulted. Wind gusts very gradually subsided into December 24th, though gusts didn���t drop below 25 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. 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. Several minor accidents, slide-offs and disabled vehicles were reported throughout the county on December 23rd and 24th. The Knox County Sheriff declared a Level 3 snow emergency the evening of December 23rd which closed all roads in the county to non-emergency travel. This was not lifted until close to midday on December 24th. The sheriff mentioned that blowing and drifting snow was leading to some roads being impassable. The number of disabled vehicles put a strain on emergency services. Wind chills plunged below 0 by 5 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until late in the evening on December 25th. A wind chill of -35F was recorded at 9:55 AM December 23rd at the Knox County Airport. A CoCoRaHS observer measured 2.0��� of snow in Mount Vernon with this storm.

December 23, 2022

Tornado. As the tornado continued moving southeastward, trees and power poles were damaged along the tornado's path in Green Valley. A detached garage was destroyed with cinderblocks thrown about 20 yards into a nearby field. In addition, a barn was destroyed and farm equipment was displaced about 200 to 300 yards to the southeast. The tornado dissipated near Cochran Road, just south of Green Valley Road. Estimated peak tornadic winds were 105 mph.

June 13, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines downed in Fredericktown.

August 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines downed in Mount Vernon.

August 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines downed in Danville.

August 11, 2021

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@MTVGrapevine - June 21, 2022 17:18

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@grid_events - June 18, 2022 09:15