Medina County has also declared a Level 1 Snow Emergency. By 9 a.m., the Portage County Sheriff's Office announced the county was also under a Level 2 Snow Emergency until 10 a.m. Summit County Sheriff Sheriff Kandy Fatheree issued a Level 2 Snow Emergency for Summit County around 8:30 a.m., which was downgraded to a Level 1 at 6 p.m. The National Weather says Fairport Harbor has had a wind gust of 74 mph which is the equivalent of a Category 1 hurricane strength wind speed. ![]() Lahm Regional Airport in Mansfield has had a peak gust of 43 mph. Hopkins airport in Cleveland has had a peak wind gust of 48 mph while the Wayne County Airport in Wooster recorded a peak gust of 51 mph. As of noon Friday, the peak wind gust at the Akron-Canton Airport was 43 miles per hour with "heavy blowing" snow. The winds continue to howl in northern Ohio. The next phase of the storm in the form of high winds will now be the greatest risk as wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said. At 8 p.m., temperatures were -1 at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, and -3 at the Akron-Canton Airport. The temperature dropped 45 degrees between 2 a.m. The National Weather Service reported a 74 mph wind gust at Fairport Harbor on Friday morning on Lake Erie, which is nearly hurricane strength. Snow has largely moved out of Northeast Ohio, but gusty winds continue to blow snow across roads as a frigid cold settles in for the Christmas weekend. High winds forecast to continue into evening AEP reported 21,240 customers without power in Ohio including around 1,100 in Stark County and 1,500 Wayne County. By 6 p.m., the total number was down to around 16,000, but had increased to 25,000 by 8 p.m.įirstEnergy reported the bulk of the outages continue to be in the northern section of the state. ![]() − down from nearly 40,000 just two hours earlier. Over 26,000 customers had been without power at 4:30 p.m. However, power outages across the region have fluctuated all day. Portage County outages were just under 300, when there had been around 3,200 without power. In Summit County, outages were around 600 customers, down from nearly 5,000. in Summit and Portage counties, although frigid temperatures continued. Power outages fluctuate through the dayĪfter an afternoon where thousands were without power in freezing temperatures, outages were down to around 900 total as of 8 p.m. ![]() Motorists are encouraged to drive very cautiously. Under Level 1, roadways are considered hazardous with blowing and drifting snow and can also be icy. With nightfall arriving and snowfall diminishing, Summit County downgraded its snow emergency from Level 2 to Level 1 at 6 p.m. Forecasters predict a high approaching 10 on Saturday, with continued windy conditions. Temperatures remain slightly below zero Friday night as Winter Storm Elliot continues to keep Northeast Ohio in a blustery icebox.
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