Power Outage in Sidney, OH

A power pole was downed onto State Route 119.

A tree fell onto a power line on Mason Road.

A tree fell onto power lines on Millcreek Road.

Tree branches across the area broke and caused numerous power outages. Numerous schools were either delayed or cancelled. The CoCoRaHS observer 5 miles southwest of Sidney measured a tenth of an inch of ice.

Four power poles were knocked down along State Route 47.

Power poles were downed near Fort Laramie due to thunderstorm winds.

Trees were downed on the west end of Sydney due to damaging thunderstorm winds. Power outages were also reported.

Many locations across southwestern Ohio experienced heat indices over 100 degrees Fahrenheit on June 28 and 29. On June 30, heat indices generally rose to 90 to 95 degrees, which was compounded by widespread power outages in the area from the June 29 derecho.

A 63 mph gust was measured in Sidney with trees and power lines down across the county. The airport AWOS measured a gust of 58 mph. The high school in Anna recorded a gust to 65 mph and a tractor trailer was blown on its side on Interstate 75.

Strong winds of 40 to 50 miles per hour were sustained for several hours. A gust to 73 mph was recorded in Anna. Widespread damage occurred across the region, from trees being blown down on powerlines, to significant crop losses and structural damage.

Two barns had their tin roofs removed and a wooden fence was downed around a pool along Hardin-Wapakoneta Road. Several trees and power poles were also knocked down in this vicinity.

Power lines were blown down from the thunderstorm winds.

Trees and powerlines were blown down countywide.

Several power outages occurred countywide. Trees were reported down on Ohio 66, Fair and Kuther Roads (3 SW Sidney), Kirkwood-Miami River Road (4 SSW Sidney), and Miami-Shelby East Road. Power poles were reported either leaning or downed in the village of Anna.

Trees and powerlines were downed.

Numerous trees and power lines downed.

A line of low topped convection moved across west central Ohio ahead of a powerful cold front. Strong winds associated with the line produced scattered wind damage.

Low pressure tracked through the Ohio Valley, bringing a variety of winter weather conditions to the region. In west central Ohio, a blizzard dumped around a foot of snow and the resulting winds produced 3 to 4 feet drifts. In the I-71 corridor from Cincinnati to Columbus, a swath of significant icing brought down countless trees and power lines. Duke Energy had peak outages at 125,000 with over 330,000 customers losing power at some point in time and dubbed this the worst wintertime outage locally in 18 years for Hamilton and Clermont counties.