Power Outage in Richmond, IN

A tree and some power lines were downed on Niewoehner Road between Locust Grove Road and Wolfe Road.

In Richmond, power lines were blown down onto a pickup truck on N 12th Street. A live wire was blown down on NW 5th Street and Richmond Avenue. Wires blown down on Niewoehner Road started a fire near a barn.

Numerous full sized trees and power lines were knocked down in and around Richmond.

A tree was knocked over and a power pole was damaged.

Trees limbs were downed on power lines and a tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds.

Large limbs and power lines were downed in south Richmond due to thunderstorm winds.

There were two reports of roofs blown of buildings in Richmond due to thunderstorm winds. A school and a house also sustained roof damage. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were downed in the area.

Trees and power lines were reported down from Dublin to Cambridge City due to thunderstorm winds.

Large trees and power lines were reported down throughout the county.

Power lines and large limbs were blown down in Richmond.

The water treatment plant and park pavillion was damaged in Centerville. Shingles were blown off of the township garage, and windows were broken out of a church in Milton. A number of trees and power poles were blown down across the county.

Strong winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour were sustained for several hours. Gusts over 60 mph were common. Widespread damage occurred across the region, from trees being blown down on powerlines to significant structural damage.

Several trees and power lines were downed, focused on the northwest and southeast areas of the county.

Several trees and power poles were downed.

A few trees and power poles downed.

Large limbs and powerlines were knocked down.

Numerous large limbs and power lines knocked down.

Three-quarter inch diameter hail fell 2 miles northwest of Richmond and trees and power lines were knocked down in Richmond.

Trees and power lines downed.

A strong low pressure system tracked through the Ohio Valley on the 25th and 26th, producing scattered thunderstorms and widespread strong winds. These winds caused numerous trees to be blown down and resulted in property damage and power outages.

A fast moving winter storm moved across the Ohio Valley on Tuesday evening, February 4th. Locations across northern Kentucky and southern Ohio started with heavy snow and transitioned to sleet and freezing rain. Significant ice accumulations caused tree damage and power outages to 5-10,000 people. Further north, snow mixed briefly with sleet, before changing to freezing rain as precipitation tapered off. The resulting 5 to 10 inches of snow and sleet accumulation in west-central and central Ohio. This storm brought widespread travel impacts with many schools and businesses being closed on Wednesday, February 5th.

An ice storm hit the Ohio Valley, beginning late in the evening of January 31st. Low pressure traced from Texas to the lower Great Lakes region, and strengthened as it crossed the Ohio Valley. The precipitation over northern portions of the region began as a snow and sleet mix and changed over to freezing rain, while along and immediately south of the I-70 corridor was all freezing rain. An estimated quarter million power outages were blamed on the storm which brought upwards of a half inch to inch of ice, along with several inches of sleet accumulation to central and west central Ohio and the Whitewater Valley of Indiana.

The remnants of hurricane Ike raced northeast through the midwest and merged with a frontal boundary across the lower Ohio Valley Sunday morning. Abundant sunshine promoted deep mixing of the atmosphere, and warm, dry air aloft translated down to the surface. Gusty winds in excess of 70 mph persisted for a period of several hours, causing significant damage and widespread power outages.

Low pressure tracked southwest to northeast through the Ohio Valley, bringing a significant winter weather event to the region. The Southeastern Indiana Rural Electric Membership Corporation had 12,000 of its 27,000 customers without power at one point in time. A spokesperson from the SI REMC said ���Most devastating storm to hit the area in it���s 70 year history��� ���employees had to cut through the downed limbs to get to the downed lines���.

A warm front stretched along the length and just south of I-70 in Indiana. Along and north of the front...significant ice accumulations of 1/2 inch occurred, bringing down trees and powerlines for portions of east central and southeast Indiana.

High winds in excess of 60 mph downed trees, signs, and power lines throughout southeast and east central Indiana early in the afternoon. Several thousand people were left without power for prolonged periods of time due to the widespread nature of the damage to the power lines and utility poles.

A strong low pressure system pushed a sharp cold front through the region dropping temperatures by around 30 degrees. Strong winds occurred with the front and continued for several hours after the frontal passage. The highest measured wind gust was 66 mph in Franklin county. Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down across the region. Also, a grain bin was blown over onto a road.