Wyandot storm history

Spring Branch Run in Eden Township washed away portion of Township Highway 136/Route 36. A motorists drove into the flood waters and the vehicle was swept approximately 100 years to the west where a passenger perished. One fatality reported at 1:20 AM from a vehicle driving into …

Heavy rains on July 12th through the 14th caused Tymochtee Creek to go into flood in western Wyandot County. State Route 53 was flooded by up to 6 feet of water approximately four miles west of Upper Sandusky near the intersection of Township Road 103. A 46 male apparently drove …

An intense line of thunderstorms or Derecho moved across Wyandot County during the afternoon of June 29th causing extensive damage. Winds were estimated to be as much as 80 mph. The southwest corner of the county was the hardest hit. Over 50 percent of residents lost power during…

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. Peak wind gusts were estimated to be as much as 70 mph. Damage in the county was extensive with thousands of trees and many utili…

A lightning strike ignited a fire that completely destroyed two apartment buildings.

Several trees downed in Carey.

Several trees, about one to two feet in diameter, were snapped at their bases about two-miles southeast of Carey.

Hail up to ping pong ball-size about one-mile south of Nevada.

Tree limbs downed in Upper Sandusky.

The awning of a gas station's pumping area collapsed in Carey.

Hail up to golf ball-size fell about two-miles ENE of Upper Sandusky.

Hail up to half dollar-size at intersection of County Road 128 and OH-294 east of Harpster.

Utility pole downed in McCutchenville.

Numerous trees downed, one house sustained damage, and a barn had its roof blown off in Upper Sandusky. Most of Upper Sandusky lost power.

An Arctic cold front swept through the area around 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 passage ra…

Wind chills plunged below 0 by 4 AM December 23rd and did not rise above 0 until late in the evening on December 25th. A wind chill of -34F was recorded at 10:04 AM December 23rd on a mesonet station near Upper Sandusky. A number of burst pipes were reported across northern Ohio …

Multiple 8-inch to 12-inch diameter trees downed in Upper Sandusky.

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 evening hours on February 2nd as temperatures fell below freezing. Snow continued of…

An average of two inches of rain fell over Wyandot County and the Tymochtee Creek on May 9th resulting in minor flooding. The USGS river gage at Crawford reported a crest of 8.5 feet on the 11th. The relatively flat land and slow runoff displaced the flooding to nearly 24 hours a…

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…

Multiple trees and power lines down across Wyandot County, including Upper Sandusky.

Trees down across the road on County Route 123, north of County Route 77 east of Marseilles. Time estimated via radar.

A small walking bridge across a culvert was lifted and flipped over. Person who tweeted report noted the bridge was heavily anchored into the ground.

Wyandot County Sheriff Dispatch reported a tree down on County Road 330 near County Road 81.

Wyandot County Sheriff Dispatch and a social media post reported several trees down in the Carey area in northwestern Wyandot County.

A main thruway in Wyandot County sustained a washout due to heavy rain on the 19th. The eastbound lanes of U.S. 30 near Upper Sandusky the road closure was just east of U.S. 23 in Wyandot County. The damage was caused by a 90-inch culvert, that washed out and eroded about 20 feet…

Trees and power lines were downed across the area. A metal roof was blown off a building in Upper Sandusky. A tractor-trailer was blown over on US Route 23, northwest of Upper Sandusky. 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…

Snow spread into northwest Ohio during the morning hours of January 19, as low pressure moved into the Ohio Valley region. Snow was very light to start, but by the afternoon on the 19th moderate-to-heavy snow moved into the area with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches of snow per ho…

Thunderstorm winds downed a couple trees in the Upper Sandusky area.

At 100 PM EST, emergency management reported an ice jam on the Sandusky River near the Seneca and Wyandot county line just west of Sycamore. The jam estimated around a mile long produced minor flooding of County Highway 37 near County Highway 29. Backwater caused portions of the …

Heavy rainfall on the morning of July 13th caused the Spring Run to over-top it's levees around 1045 am. By 11 am State Route 103 and 23 north were shut down. By 1140 am water started to inundate downtown Carey. Major flooding into homes and businesses in Carey occurred around 5 …

A cluster of thunderstorms in Indiana moved into central Ohio midday. These storms had high rainfall rates. The hardest hit community was Nevada in Wyandot County around 115 pm. Radar estimates of 3-5 inches fell. Several basements on Morrison Street were inundated due to widespr…

Thunderstorm winds snapped a large tree.

Thunderstorm winds downed trees just northeast of Upper Sandusky in and near Indian Mill Park.

Thunderstorm winds downed at least 4 trees in the Upper Sandusky area.

Trained spotters estimated thunderstorm wind gusts at 60 mph.

Nickel to quarter sized hail fell for four minutes.

Penny to nickel sized hail lasted several minutes.

The public reported quarter size hail from the thunderstorm in Carey. Telephone lines were also brought down by gusty thunderstorm winds along with a trampoline that blew away.

Thunderstorm winds snapped two utility poles.

Wind chills dipped to minus 25 degrees during the predawn hours of January 8th. Wind chills remained at or below minus 25 through mid morning and then slowly climbed into the negative teens during the afternoon. All of the schools in the county were closed because of the bitter c…

An automated sensor measured a 64 mph wind gust.

High winds estimated to be at least 60 mph downed trees and large limbs in the county. A tractor trailer was blow over on U.S. Highway 23 near Harpster. No injuries were reported. Some power outages were reported.

Mixed precipitation spread across the area early on the 12th and then transitioned to snow from west to east. Much of the area also saw a period of freezing rain. The snow increased in intensity during the late morning hours with visibilities less than one half mile. North to nor…

A low pressure system developed near the gulf coast on February 4th and tracked northeast through the Tennessee and Ohio Valleys to near Pittsburgh by the morning of February 5th. As this system tracked northeast it brought heavy snow to northern Ohio. The heaviest snow occurred …

A dangerously cold air mass settled over northern Ohio from January 27-28th with wind chill values of -25 to -30 degrees during the early morning hours of January 28th. The wind chill dropped to -33 at Findlay and -32 at Marion between 6 and 8 am on January 28th with west to sout…