Power Outage in Randolph, OH

Winter Storm. An Arctic cold front swept through the area around 3 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.The Portage County Airport in Ravenna measured a peak wind gust of 43 MPH at 10:15 PM on December 23rd. A mesonet station in Rootstown also measured a 43 MPH wind gust at 10:37 AM. Surrounding airports measured stronger gusts, including a 51 MPH gust at 5:27 AM at Akron Fulton Airport and a 51 MPH gust at 2:32 PM at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport. 1600 customers lost power at the peak of the storm. 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 with a few accidents resulting in minor injury. Wind chills plunged below 0 around 6 AM December 23rd and did not warm above 0 until early in the morning December 26th. A minimum wind chill of -30 degrees was reported at the Portage County Airport at 5:35 PM December 23rd. A warming center was opened in Ravenna in response to these 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. The highest measured snowfall from the storm in the county was 3���, measured by a trained spotter in Hiram and a CoCoRaHS observer in Mantua. Trained spotters also measured 2.5��� in Kent and 2.0��� in Mogadore. A CoCoRaHS observer also measured 1.5��� of snow near Ravenna.

December 23, 2022

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

August 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees and power lines downed in Hiram and Nelson Townships.

August 11, 2021

High Wind. OH-303 closed between OH-82 and OH-88 due to downed power lines in Windham Township.

March 26, 2021

Winter Storm. Rain changed over to snow during the evening hours of November 30 in Northeast Ohio, as low pressure moved just east of the area. During the early morning hours of December 1, heavy, wet snow overspread the region with visibility dropping to one-quarter of a mile or less and snowfall rates up to one inch per hour. Travel was severely disrupted by this storm as heavy snow quickly accumulated on area roadways and any pre-treatment efforts were hampered by rain earlier on November 30. Due to the heavy, wet nature of the snow and only modest wind speeds of 10 to 15 mph, blowing and drifting snow was not a big issue during this event. However, snow easily collected on area trees, especially area evergreen trees, and the weight of the snow allowed for trees to fall onto area roads, power lines, and even some buildings. Schools and several businesses closed on December 1 and 2 due to the weather conditions. In Portage County, snowfall totals ranged from 5 to 17 inches of snow for the event. A peak total of 17 inches of snow was observed in Hiram. Other selected snowfall totals include: 15.8 inches in Mantua, 12.5 inches in Aurora, 9.8 inches in Streetsboro, 7.4 inches in Kent, and 4.8 inches in Mogadore.

December 01, 2020

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@grid_events - December 28, 2021 03:15

RT @KentState: KSU Advisory: Feb. 25 - Tuscarawas Campus closed today, due to a power outage. Updates: https://t.co/GLaD6qxzXN

@WKSU - February 25, 2019 10:45