Power Outage in Wooster, OH

Thunderstorm Wind. Power pole snapped along OH-83, about five-miles west of Apple Creek.

April 01, 2023

Winter Storm. An Arctic cold front swept through the area around 1 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 this cold front through the early morning hours of December 23rd. 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. A peak wind gust of 51 MPH was clocked at Wayne County Regional Airport at 10:50 AM December 23rd. Scattered power-outages were reported with some lasting several hours, which along with the cold led to localized water disruptions and the opening of a warming center at the Salvation Army in Wooster. 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. Approximately 100 minor accidents, slide-offs and disabled vehicles were reported throughout the county December 23rd and 24th with several of these accidents resulting in at least minor injuries. The Wayne 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 on county roadways. Wind chills plunged below 0 around 5 AM December 23rd and did not warm back above 0 until early in the morning December 26th. A minimum wind chill of -36F was reported by Wayne County Regional Airport at 12:19 PM December 23rd. A mesonet station in Dalton recorded a wind chill of -37F at 11:00 AM. A number of burst pipes were reported across central and northern Ohio due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. A trained spotter near Doylestown measured 2.0��� of snow with this storm.

December 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Several large trees and power poles downed about three-miles SSW of Wooster.

June 13, 2022

High Wind. US-250 at Oil City Road closed in Franklin Township due to downed power lines.

March 26, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Trained spotters and amateur radio operators reported trees and power lines downed in the Fredericksburg area.

June 10, 2020

Due to a power outage, the Wayne Campus will be opening at 10:00am today.

@UA_WayneCollege - September 12, 2022 13:27

Apple Creek, OH (4:59 AM) Grid Power Outage Event >> The Ting Network detected an Electric Utility Grid Power Outag… https://t.co/xnogoDjshl

@grid_events - July 18, 2022 09:15

With the recent power outages, one of our greenhouses was above 100F for a total of 17 hours over two days and was… https://t.co/UjLBSelbdT

@OSU_ATI_Turf - June 17, 2022 15:56

Power outage tales: Seniors go 3 days without running water after backup generator fails https://t.co/OBEzePLdYz

@TheDailyRecord - June 17, 2022 15:36

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@TheDailyRecord - June 15, 2022 10:30