Power Outage in Sylvania, OH

Winter Storm. An Arctic cold front swept through the area shortly before midnight 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 mainly light snow occurred behind the front across the county through the morning hours of December 23rd before tapering to flurries. The period of snow and rapidly falling temperatures led to a flash freeze and icy conditions on area roadways. While the falling snow tapered off through the daytime hours of December 23rd, winds began increasing during the pre-dawn hours and gusted over 45 MPH at times through the day. Toledo Express Airport measured a 52 MPH wind gust at 944 AM December 23rd, the highest gust measured in the county. Sporadic tree damage and 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. 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 December 23rd and 24th with over a dozen accidents resulting in at least minor injuries. The Lucas County Sheriff declared a Level 2 snow emergency early in the morning on December 23rd, which was not downgraded until the morning of December 24th. This is issued when travel is strongly discouraged across a county unless absolutely necessary. Wind chills plunged below 0 by 3 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until after 6 PM December 25th. The coldest wind chills occurred during the daytime hours of December 23rd. Minimum wind chills as low as -36F were recorded on a weather station near Ottawa Hills at 1055 AM December 23rd, with Toledo Express Airport recording a minimum wind chill of -29F at 10:32 AM. In response, warming centers were opened across the county. A number of burst pipes were reported across the area due to this cold, with temperatures remaining in the single digits until Christmas morning. Toledo Express Airport measured 1.0��� of snow from this storm. Amounts of 2��� were measured by CoCoRaHS observers near Toledo and Ottawa Hills, with CoCoRaHS observers also measuring 2.5��� near Waterville and up to 4.5��� in Richfield Township.

December 23, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. A power pole was blown down onto a vehicle near the intersection of OH-64 and US-20A, about six-miles northwest of Whitehouse. No report of damage to vehicle. Approaching squall line was outflow-dominant.

August 29, 2022

Thunderstorm Wind. Power pole snapped at intersection of Pawnee Road and McGregor Lane in Ottawa Hills.

August 29, 2022

High Wind. The ASOS at Toledo Express Airport measured a 54 knot (62 mph) wind gust at 10:27 am. Many trees and power lines were downed across the county due to winds. Local broadcast media reported a tree was downed onto a vehicle in the Sylvania area. Power outages across the county reached up to 29,500 customers.

December 11, 2021

Thunderstorm Wind. Numerous trees, power poles, and power lines downed in Washington Township (i.e. Shoreland).

September 14, 2021

Dozens of flights were canceled, and some were diverted to other airports because of the outage. https://t.co/ZFiwXovhy0

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@toledoedison - February 14, 2023 21:00

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@grid_events - February 09, 2023 15:45

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@toledoedison - January 18, 2023 13:50

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@delaneyruthtv - December 21, 2022 02:41