Allen storm history

Three aircraft hangars destroyed. About 17 airplanes and the Allen County Sheriff's Office helicopter were significantly damaged or destroyed.

Moderate to heavy snow developed during the early afternoon hours of November 29th and continued through the early morning hours of November 30th. This was a wet snow with total snow accumulations generally ranging between 3 and 5 inches. Visibilities were reduced to a quarter of…

Numerous reports of trees down and even Powerlines down around the county, including line down on SR 117 between Spencerville and Lima.

Large tree down onto car at the intersection of North Woodlawn Avenue and Latham Avenue.

Pictures of a 100+ year-old tree uprooted at the Delphos Waterworks Park. Tree fell onto and destroyed a shelter.

Large tree downed blocking Faulkner Rd.

Cold, below freezing, temperatures and road surfaces led to icy roads and sidewalks once periods of freezing rain and freezing drizzle developed. A few thunderstorms even developed dropping heavier freezing rain and small hail late in the evening into the early morning hours of F…

The combination of temperatures in the single digits below zero and gusty southwest winds of around 20 mph produced minimum wind chills of 25 to 30 below zero during the morning hours. A wind chill of 27 below zero was reported by the ASOS station in Lima, OH at 8:22am on January…

A photo on Twitter showed a few large tree limbs were down on Main Street in Bluffton.

Tree inch tree limbs broken. Reported from mPing. Time estimated from radar.

Some large tree branches were down and a barn sustained some damage.

Large tree branches were downed.

Significant damage occurred to a shed and a carport was lifted off the ground.

Pictures on Twitter show a few hailstones ranging from penny size to quarter size hail.

Extensive tree damage was reported along with some roof damage at a residence.

A couple of 5 inch diameter pine tree limbs were broken and down on the roadway.

The Lima, Ohio ASOS recorded a 58 mph wind gust.

An arctic front brought sub-zero temperatures and strong wind gusts to 40 to 50 mph. This combination resulted in dangerous wind chills of 25 to 40 below zero from the early morning hours on December 23rd to the early morning hours on December 24th.

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 blow…

Emergency management officials reported trees and power lines down in several locations across the county.

A mesonet station near Rockport recorded a 62 mph wind gust.

Hail was reported and ranged in size from pea to nickel.

A large tree and power pole were downed.

Large tree branches were downed.

A trained weather spotter measured a wind gust of 65 mph.

Emergency management officials reported widespread wind damage in the Landeck area. This included trees and power poles being blown down, a chicken coop was destroyed and shingles off some roofs. In addition, a garage was shifted from its foundation.

The ASOS at Lima, OH recorded a 65 mph wind gust as a shower moved over the airport. The public reported a large, rotten tree limbs was blown down in the general area.

A 58 mph wind gust was recorded at the Lima Ohio ASOS.

Light to moderate snow moved across the area during the late afternoon and early evening hours of February 24th. Snow accumulations around 1 inch were reported during the late afternoon and early evening of February 24th before precipitation changed over to freezing drizzle. The …

Rain changed over to snow during the late evening hours of February 2nd, with periods of moderate to heavy snow continuing through the late evening hours of February 3rd. Winds also picked up on February 3rd which led to significant blowing and drifting. There was a report of 8.0…

Lima ASOS reported a 61 mph wind gust during the 12 PM hour. A 46 KT wind gust was first observed during the 10 AM hour. Frequent gusts of 40 to 50 mph from west and northwest were observed in the area through the early afternoon. These wind gusts resulted in instances of tree da…

Emergency management officials reported two trees and several powerlines down.

The public relayed pictures of several one to two foot diameter tree limbs down. as well as a few larger, healthy trees ranging from two to three feet in diameter were blown down.

Storm total snowfall accumulations ranged from 2 to 5 inches across the county. Numerous slide-offs were reported across the region with some instances of large trees downed due to the weight of the snow.

The ASOS unit at the Lima Airport recorded a 58 mph wind gust due to gradient winds.

A six to nine hour period of moderate to heavy snow created difficult travel and travel restrictions with many roads becoming impassible. Snowfall totals ranged between 8 and 12 inches across the county, with 10.8 inches reported 3 miles south-southeast of Lima. Intense snowfall …

Moderate, to at times heavy, snow developed during the late evening hours of January 30th and continued through the morning hours of January 31st. Snowfall totals in the county ranged between 5 and 7 inches, with 7.0 inches observed 2 miles southeast of Delphos. Easterly winds gu…

Periods of freezing rain with temperatures near freezing accumulated to between 0.10 and 0.20 across the area on New Year's Day, mainly during the morning and early afternoon hours. This led to a few reports of tree limbs down and spotty power outages across the region. There wer…