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Tens Of Thousands Without Power As Severe Weather Moves Through Region

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UPDATE 6:40 p.m A severe line of thunderstorms moving through most of Ohio is leaving hundreds of thousands without power, damaging buildings and flooding roads.

In Athens County there are multiple reports of trees down on Diamond Brook Rd.  The following roads are also closed in the county because of high water.  

Truetown Road from State route 13 to Township Road 409

Glen Ebon Road from US Route 33 to State Route 691

Millfield Road from Truetown Road to West Street

Frost Rad from Township Rad 182 to Township Road 1263

Reports of damage are coming in from trained spotters throughout the state.  One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.  

Reports from Perry County include fallen trees, fires because of down power lines and hail about 0.7 of an inch in diameter.  The Ohio Department of Transportation garage in New Lexington reported wind gusts of 48 miles per hour.

Portions of State Route 36 in Coshocton were closed because of high water.

Reports of damaged warehouse buildings in Hilliard and Columbus are also coming into the National Weather Service.  The Columbus Police Department is reporting some people have sustained minor injuries because of broken glass.

According to AEP Ohio's outage map more than 70,000 customers are without power in the region.  The following counties are reporting outages:

Franklin: 32,741

Fairfield: 5,171

Licking: 3,547

Muskingum: 2,676

Coshocton: 703

Tuscarawas: 12,372

Perry: 1,253

Morgan: 763

Hocking: 2,693

Ross: 2,984

Meigs: 367

Athens: 2,056

Scioto: 1,405

Guernsey: 228

Carrol: 493

Harrison: 936

Belmont: 746

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UPDATE 6:25 p.m A severe line of thunderstorms moving through most of Ohio is leaving hundreds of thousands without power, damaging buildings and flooding roads.

In Athens County there are multiple reports of trees down on Diamond Brook Rd.

Reports of damage are coming in from trained spotters throughout the state.  One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.  

Reports from Perry County include fallen trees, fires because of down power lines and hail about 0.7 of an inch in diameter.  The Ohio Department of Transportation garage in New Lexington reported wind gusts of 48 miles per hour.

Portions of State Route 36 in Coshocton were closed because of high water.

Reports of damaged warehouse buildings in Hilliard and Columbus are also coming into the National Weather Service.  The Columbus Police Department is reporting some people have sustained minor injuries because of broken glass.

According to AEP Ohio's outage map more than 70,000 customers are without power in the region.  The following counties are reporting outages:

Franklin: 32,741

Fairfield: 5,171

Licking: 3,547

Muskingum: 2,676

Coshocton: 703

Tuscarawas: 12,372

Perry: 1,253

Morgan: 763

Hocking: 2,693

Ross: 2,984

Meigs: 367

Athens: 2,056

Scioto: 1,405

Guernsey: 228

Carrol: 493

Harrison: 936

Belmont: 746

For up to date information on watches and warnings, click here.  

You can also keep up to date on our Facebook page and on Twitter.


UPDATE 5:25 p.m A severe line of thunderstorms moving through most of Ohio is causing plenty of problems for the region.

According to AEP Ohio's outage map 29,058 customers in Franklin County are without power.  Other counties experiencing outages include:

Fairfield: 5,507

Licking: 2,277

Muskingum: 2,075

Coshocton: 334

Tuscarawas: 3,500

Perry: 326

Morgan: 140

Hocking: 234

Ross: 2,943

Meigs: 366

Scioto: 266

There are scattered reports from trained spotters of storm damage throughout the region.  One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.  Reports from Perry County include fallen trees, fires because of down power lines and hail about 0.7 of an inch in diameter.  The Ohio Department of Transportation garage in New Lexington reported wind gusts of 48 miles per hour.

For up to date information on watches and warnings, click here.  

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UPDATE 5:09 p.m Tens of thousands of AEP Ohio customer are without power as a line of severe thunderstorms are moving though the majority of the Ohio.

According to AEP Ohio's outage map 27,061 customers are without electricity in Franklin County.  Other counties experiencing outages include:

Fairfield: 3,099

Licking: 1,510

Muskingum: 2,011

Morgan: 140

Meigs: 366

Coshocton: 214

There are scattered reports from trained spotters of storm damage throughout the region.  One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.

For up to date information on watches and warnings, click here.  

You can also keep up to date on our Facebook page and on Twitter.


Thousands of customers are without power as a strong storm system of moving through the area.

According to the American Electric Power outage map, 10,440 customers are without power in Franklin County.  Other outages include:

Meigs: 366

Morgan: 140

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