Power Outage in Jerry City, 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 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 gusted over 45 MPH at times through the day. The highest gust in the county was a 56 MPH gust measured at Toledo Executive Airport at 7:17 AM December 23rd. Scattered power-outages resulted, including some at sewage and water pump stations. 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. Blowing snow resulted in periods of white-out conditions and drifting snow across roads in open areas where snow blew around the most, especially from the early morning through the evening hours of December 23rd. 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. Numerous minor accidents, slide-offs and disabled vehicles were reported throughout the area on December 23rd and 24th, with over a dozen accidents resulting in at least minor injuries. The Wood County Sheriff declared a Level 2 snow emergency early in the morning on December 23rd, which was not downgraded until the morning of December 24th. This is issued when travel is strongly discouraged across a county unless absolutely necessary. Wind chills plunged below 0 by 3 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until after 6 PM December 25th. The coldest wind chill recorded in the county was -36F on a weather station in Lemoyne at 10:46 AM December 23rd. Toledo Executive Airport recorded a wind chill of -32F at 10:53 AM. A number of burst pipes were reported across the area due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. CoCoRaHS observers measured 2.0��� of snow near Perrysburg and 1.2��� of snow near Bowling Green. A trained spotter also measured 2.0��� near Pemberville.

December 23, 2022

High Wind. There were many reports of trees down across the county, including Bradner, Luckey, and Weston. Numerous power outages were reported across the county.

December 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Trees and power lines downed in Walbridge.

October 23, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down in the Risingsun area.

June 10, 2020

High Wind. Wind damage was reported in portions of Wood County due to 50 to 60 mph wind gusts. Trees and power lines were noted down in Luckey. A retail building in Bowling Green sustained structural damage. A personal weather station in Lemoyne recorded a 62 MPH wind gust and 12:13 PM. A personal weather station in Tontogany recorded a 58 MPH wind gust at 1:46 PM. An automated wind sensor at Toledo Executive Airport measured a 48 knot (55 MPH) non-thunderstorm wind gust at 10:15 AM.

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