Power Outage in Willard, OH

Winter Storm. An Arctic cold front swept through the area around 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 snow occurred behind the front in the morning hours of December 23rd, with the snow 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 gusted over 40 MPH through the day. The peak measured gust in Huron County was 48 MPH at 3:00 PM December 23rd, measured on a mesonet station in Bellevue. At nearby airports a peak gust of 54 MPH was measured at Lorain County airport at 2:26 PM. 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. The Huron County Sheriff declared a Level 3 snow emergency around midday December 23rd, which closed all county roads to non-emergency travel. This was not lifted until the next morning. Wind chills plunged below 0 around 6 AM December 23rd and did not warm above 0 until the early morning hours of December 26th. A minimum wind chill of -36F was recorded on a mesonet station in Bellevue at 3:05 PM December 23rd. In response, a church was opened as a warming center in Bellevue. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. A trained spotter measured 3.7��� of snow near New London from the storm.

December 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Sixteen power poles were snapped along Sand Hill Ridge Road, about three-miles WSW of Monroeville.

May 03, 2022

Winter Storm. Rain changed over to snow during the early afternoon hours of November 30 in North Central 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 Huron County, snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 7 inches of snow for the event. A peak total of 7.2 inches of snow was observed near New London. Other selected snowfall totals include: 7 inches in Norwalk and 6.6 inches in Bellevue.

December 01, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. Power pole downed across Wakeman Townline Road, near Crandall Road. Time estimated via radar.

August 24, 2020

Thunderstorm Wind. Tree and power poles down where US-20 intersects Hartland Center Road and Derussey Road in Collins area.

July 19, 2020

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@BC_AthleticDept - December 03, 2022 21:58

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@Beaverstix - August 25, 2021 20:57