Power Outage in Steubenville, OH

High wind gusts accompanied a strong low pressure system on December 23rd and continue into December 24th. Measured wind gusts across eastern Ohio ranged between 40 to 50mph. Isolated power outages occurred.

Trees and power lines down around Mingo Junction.

County official reported several trees and power lines down in the area.

Jefferson County received numerous reports of tree and power line damage across the area.

A county 911 official reported that a tree and power lines were blown down near Mount Pleasant.

Local media reported two power poles snapped in half, a large maple tree split in half, and power lines down along the road.

Large branches were blown down, and power outages were reported along Sunset Boulevard.

A trained spotter reported that two trees were felled on Red Oak Drive. One of the trees took down power lines, and the other crushed a swimming pool.

Reports from newspapers showed numerous trees and power lines down across the city of Steubenvile.

Law enforcement in Jefferson county reports of trees and power lines down countywide.

Law enforcement reported large branches and power lines down west of Brilliant.

Emergency management reported large trees down from near the intersection of Highways 43 and 22 to the Jefferson County Airport and east across the city of Steubenville. 3 hangars at the airport were significantly damaged with loss of roofs and structural damage. Trees and power lines were down across much the the Steubenville area.

Emergency management reported large trees down from near the intersection of Highways 43 and 22 to the Jefferson County Airport and east across the city of Steubenville. 3 hangars at the airport were significantly damaged with loss of roofs and structural damage. Trees and power lines were down across much the the Steubenville area.

A trained spotter reported trees and power lines down in and around Steubenville.

Trees and power lines reported down.

Power lines reported down in the area by a trained spotter.

Numerous trees and power lines blown down. Unconfirmed report of power company tower down. [CORRECTED TIME]

Numerous trees and power lines blown down. [CORRECTED TIME]

Trees and power lines down along Rtes 152 and 213 in Knoxville; and Rte 164 in Bergholz.

Numerous trees and power lines down. 7,000 customers lost power.

Trees and power lines down along Rte 213 in Allencreek Twp.

Trees and power lines blown down.

Trees and power lines blown down south of Smithfield.

Trees and power lines blown down. 4000 customers lost electric power.

Numerous large trees and power lines down.

60 mph gust knocked down power lines, cutting power to 800 customers.

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines.

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in Steubenville, with the heaviest damage occurring in the city's West End.

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines.

A nearly stationary front remained to the north of the region on July 7th. An upper trough dug across the Great Lakes during the daytime hours as well. While better upper-level forcing remained to the north, return flow increased between this trough and the tropical system Elsa to the southeast. An abundant amount of moisture and warm air was thus funneled into our region. Deep-layer shear was weak, but enough instability and dry air aloft was present to promote many instances of damaging wind gusts. Damage to trees and power poles was fairly widespread across a few counties in eastern Ohio.

A series of weak shortwaves in the mid-level flow lended support to thunderstorm development on August 20th. Daytime heating was slowed by a cirrus shield earlier in the day, but later strong heating, continued moisture advection, and up to 30 knots of mid-level flow provided support for strong to severe thunderstorms. Shear was weak overall, but the presence of ample downdraft CAPE supported a threat of wind damage from downbursts. ||Storms forming in the mid to late afternoon hours, although becoming strong, did not produce any severe weather reports. It was not until after 7 PM that storms were able to become strong enough to produce many reports of tree and power line damage. The only report of structural damage was received from Guernsey County, where a large tree fell on to a home.

A line of severe thunderstorms associated with a stalled cold front moved over eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania and the northern West Virginia Panhandle. These thunderstorms produced damaging straight line winds that caused numerous toppled and snapped trees as well as downed power lines that left an estimated 100 thousand people without power across the region. In Ohio, the hardest hit counties were Harrison and Jefferson, where a tractor trailer was overturned on Route 43. Allegheny and Westmoreland counties in western Pennsylvania were also hit hard.

Severe thunderstorms were scattered across eastern Ohio, the northern West Virginia panhandle, and southwest Pennsylvania ahead of a cold front. Significant damaging winds associated with a large bow echo occured along a path from near Steubenville, Ohio to Latrobe, Pennsylvania. From this bow echo the highest recorded wind gusts at ASOS observation sites were 71 MPH at Wheeling, WV, 66 MPH at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, PA, and 86 MPH at Latrobe, PA. At least 150,000 homes lost power at some point during the storms.

By 630 PM EDT on 8th, flooding was reported countywide. 40 roads were closed by flooding, including SR 150. Towns that flooded include: Adena (evacuations), Connorsville, Dillonvale (evac), Glen Robbins (bridge washed out), Irondale (evac), Rayland, Smithfield (power substation flooded), Toronto (evac), Wolf Run (woman rescued from flooded car). Total rain: 3.8" in Amsterdam and Hammondsville. There was a record flood on Yellow Creek at Hammondsville, which crested at 12.98 ft at 11 AM on 9th (previous record 12.17). (FRANCES)

A strengthening area of low pressure and associated cold front swept across the area during the overnight hours, bringing high winds to portions of east central Ohio. In general, damage was confined to downed trees and power lines, but several incidents of property damage were also reported. In Columbiana County, the winds blew the roof off of a mobile home in Lisbon. In Salem, a large tree was blown over onto a house, causing minor damage to the roof. Several traffic accidents resulted from motorists driving into downed trees in Belmont County. An unoccupied camper was also blown from the top of a hill on Belmont Township Route 72, near Hunter. In Jefferson County, officials reported that some rural communities had to use snow plows to remove branches and debris from county roads.