Sandusky 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…

A line of thunderstorms producing winds in excess of 70 mph raced east across Seneca County causing significant damage. Thousands of trees and limbs were downed across the county and large swaths of corn were flattened in fields. Nearly every community in the county sustained dam…

Slow moving training thunderstorms developed across central and eastern portions of Sandusky County between 330pm and 5pm local time. Torrential rainfall of up to 4.5 inches in two hours caused widespread flash flooding in Fremont. Flooding was reported in both the Sheriff Depart…

High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the late afternoon hours of September 14th and continued through most of the evening. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph with the strongest winds occurring between 5 and 7 pm. Damage in the county wa…

Thunderstorms dumped torrential rains on Sandusky County during the evening hours of June 21st and early morning hours of the 22nd. Rainfall rates with the stronger storms approached three inches per hour. Rainfall totals for the event include: 7.5 inches in northeastern Townsend…

Flooding continued in Sandusky County well after the heavy rains that caused flash flooding early on June 22nd ended. Runoff from the heavy rains caused rapid rises in all of the streams and rivers in the county on June 22nd. Both the Sandusky and Portage Rivers went into flood d…

Large trees, branches and power lines were downed, some on houses and vehicles. A silo was blown onto a house in Vickery, four semi trucks were blown over at Clyde and three barn roofs were blown off in Townsend Township. Straight line winds downed trees and took the roof off of …

Weak low pressure tracked through the Ohio Valley and into the eastern Great Lakes February 12th into February 13th. A mix of primarily freezing rain along with some light sleet and snow occurred across Northwest Ohio as the low pressure moved through the region with temperatures…

Utility pole downed at the corner of Oak Harbor and East Hawk Roads, about 2.6-miles NNW of Fremont.

Utility pole downed at intersection of OH-53 and Bumb Road, about 4.1-miles NNE of Fremont.

Barn sustained damage to its sheet metal roof and door along U.S. Route 6, about 3.6-miles northeast of Fremont.

Reports of impassable roadway flooding in and just north of Fremont, including flowing water over County Road 73 between Oak Harbor Road and Fangboner Road. Community building in the northern portion of Fremont experienced up to 5 feet of water in the basement of the building. Ra…

Reports of widespread road closures due to flooded and impassable roadways in northeast Sandusky County. Radar estimated 3 to 3.25 inches of rain fell in a 2 to 3 hour period preceding the flash flood event. Total rainfall of 4 to 4.5 inches fell over a 5 hour period.

Multiple trees snapped along the Ohio Turnpike, near U.S. Route 6, about five-miles northeast of Fremont.

Barn collapsed about four-miles north of Green Springs.

Several trees with snapped limbs in Clyde.

Tree downed at intersection of OH-19 and East Cole Road.

Wind chills plunged below 0 around 4 AM December 23rd and did not warm back above 0 until the early morning hours of December 26th. A minimum wind chill of -37 degrees was reported at 9:55 AM December 23rd at the Sandusky County Regional Airport. A weather station in Fremont repo…

A 45-foot TV tower was toppled and damaged a residence along Risingsun Road in southwestern Sandusky County, about three-miles east of Risingsun.

Numerous trees downed in Fremont. Four of these trees fell onto houses and one fell onto a car. A mesonet station in Fremont recorded a peak convective gust of 61 mph.

Structural damage occurred at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds in Fremont. Three buildings had metal siding damaged. One of these buildings had its large metal door blown-in and half of its roof torn off. A barricade was blown into a car and injured the driver.

A tractor trailer was blown-over by strong convective wind gusts about 1.2 miles-WNW of downtown Fremont. Business' signs were also damaged in the area.

Personal weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 73 mph from a passing thunderstorm about 1.75-miles WNW of downtown Fremont.

Several power poles blown down in Woodville. Entire town lost power for a time.

Trained spotter recorded a peak gust of 58 mph from a passing thunderstorm about one-mile north of Gibsonburg.

Four power poles downed at US-6 and County Road 294 northeast of Vickery. Person was trapped in car in between poles, but was not injured.

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 late in the early evening hours on February 2nd as temperatures fell below freezing. Snow conti…

Five power poles were completely broken off near the ground on Ohio State Route 510 north of Clyde.

Quarter-size hail in Vickery area (i.e. about four-miles NNE of Clyde).

Quarter-size hail in Ballville.

Multiple reports of quarter-size hail in Fremont.

Several trees downed in Fremont.

Trees and power lines down in Gibsonburg.

Trees down in Fremont. One of the trees fell onto several vehicles.

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…

Around 10 AM on the 14th the water level in Toledo reached 78.4 inches above the normal water level based on the NOS gage site station 9063085. Water levels rose again to 77.5 inches due to the slosh effect around 6 PM on the 14th. This resulted in rapid water rises flooding road…

A trained spotter reported trees down off State Route 19 near the Ottawa and Sandusky County line. The spotter estimated a 75 mph wind gust at their location.

Just before midnight on the evening of the 6th the water level observed at the Toledo NOS station was 74 inches above normal water level. At Marblehead station the water levels peaked at 69.6 inches around 7 PM in the evening of the 5th. The water levels rose again two more times…

State Route 53 and 523 was closed due to high water. County Road 260 south of State Route 6 had high water.