Winter Weather — Defiance, Ohio

2021-01-01 · Defiance, Ohio

Event narrative

Periods of freezing rain with temperatures near freezing accumulated to between 0.10 and 0.20 across the area on New Year's Day. This led to a few reports of tree limbs down and spotty power outages across the region. There were also reports of a few car accidents as roads were slick in spots.

Wider weather episode

A period of freezing rain created difficult travel and isolated instances of tree and power line damage. Ice accretions generally ranged between 0.10 and 0.20.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 927200. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.