Thousands without power as strong winds push through Cincinnati area

SANTA. A VERY WINDY THURSDAY AND BREEZES ARE COMING THROUGH AND WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED. IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 4000 PEOPLE. ALLISON: I’VE BEEN WATCHING IT AS WELL AND IT WENT FROM 2-4. THE WIND WILL GET STRONGER AND WE WILL SEE MORE CASES OF WIND GUSTING UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS LIKELY TO LEAD TO ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES. IF YOU ARE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE ANY TIME IS WINDY, YOU MIGHT LOSE POWER, TODAY WILL BE DAY WHERE YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. MAKE SURE YOUR PHONES ARE CHARGED AND YOU GOT POWER AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A FLASHLIGHT NEARBY. AROUND TOWN, JUST A FEW SHOWERS BUT MOST OF THE RAINFALL WILL COME TO AN END IN THE NEXT HOUR. TO THE NORTH, COUPLE OF SHOWERS APPROACHING 75 FROM MIDDLETOWN TOWARD FAIRFIELD. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SHOWERS ON THE WEST SIDE WITH RAIN WHICH IS THE WORST PART. PARTS OF 74 ARE SEEING SOME LIGHTER SHOWERS. A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW SPRINKLES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT IN THIS DISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON, EXPECT TO SEE THE RAIN FADING AWAY AS IT HAS IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BOONE IS MAINLY DRY. AS WE SEE THE RAIN START TO WRAP UP, THE WIND WILL START TO INTENSIFY. EXPECT TO SEE SOME WIND PEEKING AROUND 50 MILES PER HOUR IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO IF THEY HAVEN’T ALREADY. SOME OF THE GOTHS HAVE BEEN UP TO ABOUT 49 MILES PER HOUR. WE ALSO HAD STRONGER WIND ROLLING THROUGH THE AIRPORT NOT TOO LONG AGO. THE WINDS ARE LIKELY GOING TO RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 40-50 AND MAYBE 55 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. THE SUSTAINED AND PERSISTENT WINDS WILL BE CLOSER TO 20-30 MILES PER HOUR THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY. THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGH WITH THE NUMBERS COMING IN BUT SOME OF THE WIND REPORTS ARE SHOWING SOME AREAS OF SEEING WIND CLOSER TO ABOUT 49 OR SO MILES PER HOUR. THESE ARE LIKELY TO TILL -- TO STILL STAY WHERE THEY ARE OR INCREASE A LITTLE AND WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE SOME POWER OUTAGES ROLLING IN. ABOUT 4000 DUKE CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER AND WE STILL HAVE THE WIND ADVISORY THAT WILL MAKE -- WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF TODAY UNTIL 7:00 TONIGHT POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED TODAY BUT THE WIND WILL START TO CALM DOWN INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. GREAT NEWS WITH THAT. WE WILL SEE THE RAIN COMING TO AN AND IN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO, MOSTLY DRY THIS AFTERNOON BUT IT’S NOT GOOD TO BE OUT AND ABOUT ESPECIALLY THE AREAS YOU WANT TO AVOID. WE COULD ALSO SEE MORE WIND. MOSTLY DRY OUTSIDE TONIGHT WITH CLOUD COVER AND FRIDAY, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. IT LOOKS LIKE FRIDAY WILL GENERALLY BE DRY. THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON, THIS IS SOME OF THE WIND. LIKELY SEEING SOME WIND GUSTING CLOSER TO ABOUT 50 OR SO MILES PER HOUR AS THEY INTENSIFY. ABOUT 7:00 P.M. IS WHEN THE WIND ADVISORY CALMS DOWN AND THAT’S WHEN WE SEE THE HIGH WIND WARNING WRAPPING UP. WE WILL START TO SEE THE WIND CALMING DOWN THE REST OF TONIGHT. A HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS LIKE CLINTON COUNTY AND PARTS OF FAYETTE AND UNION COUNTY. GREATER CINCINNATI IS UNDER THAT WIND ADVISORY. THE REST OF TONIGHT, TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO THE MID-30’S AND THEN 49 FOR THE HIGH TOMORROW, STILL LOOKING TO BE COOLER THIS WEEKEND BUT IT LOOKS NICE FOR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. WE SHOULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 50’S WITH NO WEATHER PROBLEMS LOCALLY. FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, STILL TRACKING SOME RAIN IN THE EVENING BUT O

Thousands without power as strong winds push through Cincinnati area

Updated: 5:24 PM EST Feb 9, 2023

Thousands of customers are without power as strong winds blow through the Cincinnati area Thursday.Currently, over 8,000 customers are without power with the largest impacts in Amelia, Harrison, Tylersville and Mt. Healthy.LATEST WEATHER ALERTSExpect sustained winds 20 to 30 mph through the day and gusts possible of up to 55 mph. The peak gusts look most likely from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. then fading into the evening. These winds will bring down small trees and lead to spotty power outages. To report of view an outage, visit outagemaps.duke-energy.com/#/current-outages/ohky.

CINCINNATI —

Thousands of customers are without power as strong winds blow through the Cincinnati area Thursday.

Currently, over 8,000 customers are without power with the largest impacts in Amelia, Harrison, Tylersville and Mt. Healthy.

LATEST WEATHER ALERTS

Expect sustained winds 20 to 30 mph through the day and gusts possible of up to 55 mph. The peak gusts look most likely from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. then fading into the evening. These winds will bring down small trees and lead to spotty power outages.

To report of view an outage, visit outagemaps.duke-energy.com/#/current-outages/ohky.