Power Outage in North Canton, OH

Thunderstorm Wind. Power pole downed at intersection of OH-43 and East Nimishillen Church Street NE in Cairo area.

April 01, 2023

Winter Storm. 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 light to moderate snow occurred behind the frontal passage and into the morning hours of December 23rd before beginning to taper. 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. Nearby Akron-Canton airport measured a peak wind gust of 49 MPH at 6:28 AM December 23rd. A mesonet station in Canal Fulton measured a gust of 44 MPH at 5:55 PM that day. Sporadic power outages were reported as a result. 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. 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. Several of these accidents resulted in at least minor injuries. Wind chills plunged below 0F around 5 AM December 23rd and did not warm back above 0 until the morning hours of December 26th. A minimum wind chill of -31F was recorded at nearby Akron-Canton Airport at 1:51 PM December 23rd. Unfortunately, one fatality resulted due to prolonged exposure to this cold. In response to the conditions, warming centers were opened in Canton, Massillon, and Alliance during the storm. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. Akron-Canton Airport measured 2.7��� of snow with this storm. Trained spotters measured 3��� of snow in Canton and 2.9��� of snow in Alliance.

December 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Large tree branches down around the city of Alliance. No impact to power.

July 08, 2021

High Wind. OH-153 closed between Maplegrove Street NW and Parks Avenue NW in Louisville due to downed power lines.

March 26, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Trees and power lines downed two miles ENE of Navarre.

August 27, 2020

Green, OH (11:02 AM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outage eve… https://t.co/kF8j2Anc3S

@grid_events - February 22, 2023 16:15

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@DaremstrSpoodle - January 31, 2023 20:10

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@TheBull28803054 - December 27, 2022 18:24

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@Indedotcom - December 22, 2022 20:50

Massillon, OH (2:57 PM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outage… https://t.co/1YMeQvKlNL

@grid_events - November 26, 2022 20:15