Power Outage in Willoughby, OH

Blizzard. 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 moderate to heavy snow, with rates briefly up to 1��� per hour, occurred behind the front into the morning hours of December 23rd with the snow trending 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 45 MPH through the day. A mesonet station in Wickliffe measured a peak wind gust of 57 MPH at 1:59 PM December 23rd. Lost Nation Airport clocked a peak gust of 51 MPH at 9:15 AM. Sporadic 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. Lost Nation Airport observed visibility consistently at or below one-quarter of a mile in falling snow and/or blowing snow from 5:55 AM December 23rd through 4:15 PM that day, with wind gusts consistently over 35 MPH for that entire period. This means blizzard conditions were observed in the county. 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 several accidents resulting in at least minor injuries. Wind chills plunged below 0 around 6 AM December 23rd and did not warm above 0 until early in the morning December 26th. Lost Nation Airport reported a minimum wind chill of -30 degrees at 5:35 PM December 23rd. In response to these conditions, a warming center was opened in Painesville. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. Trained spotters measured 5.3��� of snow in North Madison and Mentor, 4.8��� in Willoughby, 4.7��� in Concord Township and 4��� in Willowick and Mentor-on-the-Lake with this storm. Some light lake effect snow lingered into Christmas morning behind the storm.

December 23, 2022

Winter Storm. A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain developed during the late afternoon hours on February 17th and continued for several hours into the evening before changing to snow. Snow continued steadily through much of the night before tapering to more intermittent lake effect snow showers through the morning hours of February 18th. Winds gusted up to 40 MPH at times. Ice accumulations of around 0.10��� occurred, which resulted in some downed tree limbs and power-outages when combined with the gusty winds. Poor travel conditions and auto accidents were reported. A trained spotter measured 6.9��� of snow in Concord with this storm. Other select totals from spotters include 4.2��� falling in Madison, 4.0��� in Willoughby Hills and 3.6��� in Kirtland Hills.

February 17, 2022

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. Tree damage was significant across Lake County and up to 15,000 customers were without power by the late morning of December 1 due to trees falling onto power lines. Power was not restored to some residences for several days. Schools and several businesses closed on December 1 and 2 due to the weather conditions. In Lake County, snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 17 inches of snow for the event. A peak total of 16.9 inches of snow was observed in Concord Township. Other selected snowfall totals include: 14.3 inches in Willoughby Hills, 12 inches in Kirtland Hills, 11.6 inches in Willoughby, and 9.5 inches in Mentor.

December 01, 2020

High Wind. High wind gusts of at least 60 mph downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout the county. Scattered power outages were reported.

December 30, 2019

High Wind. Wind damage was reported in portions of Lake County due to 50 to 60 mph wind gusts. Trees and power lines were noted down in Mentor. C-MAN Station FAIO1 at Fairport Harbor measured a 62 MPH non-thunderstorm wind gust at 3:48 PM, a 64 MPH non-thunderstorm wind gust at 4:48 PM, and a 67 MPH non-thunderstorm wind gust at 5:24 PM.

November 27, 2019

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