Power Outage in Sullivan, OH

Winter Storm. An Arctic cold front swept through the area shortly after 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 moderate to heavy snow with rates briefly up to 1��� per hour occurred behind the frontal passage into the morning of December 23rd before becoming much lighter by midday. 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 40 MPH through the day. At nearby Mansfield Lahm Regional airport a peak gust of 45 MPH was measured 3 times between 7:22 AM and 1:33 PM December 23rd. At Wayne County Regional Airport a peak gust of 51 MPH was measured at 10:50 AM. 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, at least one of these accidents resulting in minor injury. Local news media reported that the number of disabled vehicles put a strain on emergency services on December 23rd. The Ashland County Sheriff declared a Level 2 Snow Emergency the morning of December 23rd which was not lifted until the next day. This strongly discourages all non-essential travel in the county.. Wind chills plunged below 0 by 6 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until the morning of December 26th. A mesonet station in Ashland recorded a minimum wind chill of -41F at 11:35 AM December 23rd. A minimum wind chill of -36F was reported at Mansfield Airport at 11:52 AM, with a minimum wind chill of -36F also recorded at nearby Wayne County Airport at 12:19 PM. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern and central Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. A trained spotter in Hayesville measured 2.0��� of snow from this storm.

December 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Extensive tree and power pole damage in Ashland.

June 13, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Tree fell and brought down power lines and poles in Loudonville.

June 29, 2021

High Wind. Wind gusts estimated to be between 60 to 70 mph downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout the county. Scattered power outages were reported.

December 30, 2019

Thunderstorm Wind. Several trees and power lines were blown down at Brookside Park in Ashland.

August 20, 2019

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@Bmore12_ - February 17, 2023 20:18

'Targeted' N.C. power outages could leave more than 100, 000 in the dark for days https://t.co/9tEXu81s52 via @nbcnews

@JesseeBonnie - December 05, 2022 11:27

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@WEVSD_sports - July 05, 2022 12:12

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@hn_frontpage - June 22, 2022 18:11

If this power outage is the start of the apocalypse, I’m not sharing my snacks that I literally just bought

@simbatheposh - May 16, 2022 20:45