Winter Storm — Defiance, Ohio

2022-12-22 to 2022-12-24 · Defiance, Ohio

Event narrative

A major winter storm brought snow and blowing snow that led to very dangerous travel conditions from late Thursday night through Saturday morning. Most of the storm total snowfall of 1 to 3 inches occurred Thursday night into early Friday, but strong wind gusts of 50 mph and blowing snow led to dangerous travel conditions Friday and Friday night. Numerous slide-offs and accidents were reported with significantly reduced visibilities at times along with blowing and drifting snow.

Wider weather episode

A long duration winter storm affected northwest Ohio with multiple hazards including snow and blowing snow, strong winds, significantly reduced visibilities, and dangerous wind chills. Snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 4 inches. Most of the snow accumulation occurred Thursday night, but strong wind gusts to 50 mph continued into Friday resulting in blowing snow and very difficult travel conditions. Dangerous winds chills of 20 below to 40 below zero were also reported from late Friday night through late Saturday night.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1062858. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.