Crawford storm history

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 pa…

Heavy rain and rapid snow melt led to a rapid rise in the Sandusky River at Bucyrus, which reached a 100 year crest of 10.86 feet. The only official rainfall observation was in Galion where 2.38 was reported. Six to ten inches of heavy snow was on the ground at the onset of the r…

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began late in the afternoon of September 14th and then continued through much of the evening. Wind gusts were estimated to be as much as 70 mph. Damage in the county was extensive with thousands of trees and many utility po…

Heavy rain producing thunderstorms affected Crawford County during the late evening hours of August 20th and early morning hours of August 21st. Rainfall rates with the strongest storms exceeded three inches per hour. Trained spotters in Bucyrus measured storm totals of 8.68 inch…

Large tree limbs snapped about one-mile south of Galion.

Hail up to golf ball-size fell about two-miles SSE of Tiro at the intersection of OH Routes 39 and 598.

Reports and photos of six inches or more of flowing water over Stetzer Road east of Bucyrus. Water across the roadways also reported along portions of OH-96 in eastern Crawford County. Radar estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in a 75-90 minute period.

Hail up to quarter-size in Bucyrus.

Camper destroyed completely and parts of it tossed about 50 to 60 feet into a field. Damage occurred about two-miles north of North Robinson.

Tree uprooted, separate tree snapped at base, and flag pole bent at its base about four-miles northeast of North Robinson.

Tree downed at intersection of OH-96 and Biddle Road, about four-miles southwest of Tiro.

Couple of trees downed about three-miles WNW of Galion.

Several power poles and large trees downed along Whetstone Street in Bucyrus.

Barn damaged in Holmes Township.

Partial roof damage at Wayside Christian School on southwest side of Bucyrus.

Roof blown off at Kiess Electric, Inc. in Bucyrus.

Barn destroyed at intersection of OH-4 and Carrell Road, just north of Bucyrus.

A few trees downed in Bucyrus.

Wind chills plunged below 0 by 5 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until late in the evening on December 25th. At nearby Mansfield Airport, a minimum wind chill of -35F was recorded at 11:52 AM December 23rd.

Couple trees downed in Bucyrus.

Roof damage to building in Crestline.

Several trees downed, carport damaged, and gas station awning blown down about two-miles south of Chatfield.

Rotted tree snapped near its base and nearby shed roof was ripped off in Bucyrus.

A prolonged winter storm occurred from late February 2nd through early February 4th, 2022 as multiple waves of low pressure tracked along a slow moving cold front. Rain changed to snow during the late evening hours on February 2nd as temperatures fell below freezing, with a brief…

A social media report and photo showed the door of a small outbuilding was blown off due to the wind.

Widespread flooding in northern Crawford county. Several roadways with flowing water over the road due to flooding of Broken Sword Creek north and northwest of Bucyrus, including OH-4 and OH-19. Water several feet deep at Temple Road and Bethel Road northwest of Bucyrus. Several …

Moderate rainfall on May 9th was reported up to 3.32 in the headwaters of the Sandusky River. At Bucyrus, the river came out of banks resulting in moderate flooding including the downtown district. Closed roads were Lane St., River St., and most notably N. Sandusky Ave. at River …

Crawford County Emergency Manager reported several trees down across county. Specific locations unknown.

OH-181 at Middletown Road closed due to downed power lines. This damage occurred southeast of Crestline.

Two rounds of snow moved through northern Ohio on February 15 and 16. The first round on the morning of the 15th brought a quick inch or two of snow to the region. A more impressive second round of snow entered during the afternoon and evening hours, bringing snowfall rates in ex…

A Twitter user reported a semi truck was blown over by winds on US Route 30, south of North Robinson.

Shed damaged by thunderstorm wind gusts in Chatfield.

High wind gusts of at least 60 mph downed trees, large limbs and power lines throughout the county. Scattered power outages were reported. Two trees fell onto homes in Bucyrus.

Several large trees were blown down.

A large tree was blown down on North East Street and Murray Street.

Several large trees were blown down across the county.

A detached garage was blown down.

Power lines and power poles were blown down on State Route 19.

Several large trees were blown down.

Several large tree limbs were blown down near State Route 19 and Beck Road.

Trees and power lines were downed across the area. A large tree fell onto a garage on the west side of Galion. Scattered power outages were reported in the county.

Extremely cold weather settled over the area on January 30 and 31, bringing the coldest temperatures that the region had seen in four or five years. With winds gusting to 30 - 35 mph, wind chills across the county dropped below zero midday on January 29 and did not recover to abo…