Thousands without power as severe storms roll through Greater Cincinnati area
Updated: 11:44 PM EDT Jul 6, 2022
MUCH. IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING AND, WHAT A WEATHER DAY WE HAVE HAD. DRIVING IN AROUND 2:30 TODAY OVER DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, YOU CAN JUST SEE THE DARK, DARK CLOUDS AND THEN IT HIT. THE WIND, THE HEAVY, HEAVY RAIN AND WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THE DAMAGE FROM AFTERNOON STORMS. MIKE: MAYBE ABOUT 45 AND ITS AGO AS WE STARTED HEARING MOST OF THE EMERGENCY CALLS. WE HEARD SKINNER TRAFFIC AND YOU HAVE TO WATCH WITH A SITUATION LIKE THIS. KEVIN SAID WILL NOT GET INFORMATION OF THE POTENTIAL TORNADO IN GOSHEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME BUT PEOPLE CLAIMED THEY HEARD ENTIRE NATO -- I’M GETTING WORD FROM A VIEWER NAMED ELITE WHO I KNOW VERY WELL OUT OF THE GOSHEN AREA THAT THE AREA ALONG 28 WHERE THERE IS A SKYLINE RESTAURANT, THERE’S ALL KINDS OF DESTRUCTION THERE. 101,000 CUSTOMERS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT POWER. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION PEOPLE IN GREATER CINCINNATI. WE ARE GETTING ALL KINDS OF PHOTOS OF ALL KINDS OF AREAS INCLUDING LOVELAND WHERE YOU SAW MAJOR BIG THESE DOWN. >> JEFF TAYLOR WAS PRESAGING US PLEASE SEND US ANY DAMAGE OR VIDEO YOU SEND US ANY PICTURES, HELP US TELL THE STORY THERE WHERE THEY HAVE THESE BIG, BEAUTIFUL TREES, WITH POSSIBILITIES FOR DAMAGE AROUND THE KROGER OUT THERE IN LOVELAND AS WELL. LIKE WE SAY, ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS IS GOSHEN. OUR REPORTER, DANIEL DIDN’T DAC, HAS BEEN -- DANIELLE DINDAK, IN LIVE DRIVE 5. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU ARE IN GOSHEN, YET, BUT GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING. DANIELLE: THE DRIVE OUT HERE, I CAN’T STRESS THIS ENOUGH, HAS BEEN VERY DANGEROUS. ON THE WAY HERE WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF SNAPPED TREES, ROADS WITH WATER ON IT. WE ARE ABOUT ONE HOUR AWAY FROM WHERE WE ARE GETTING REPORTS THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK. DRIVING HERE WE HAVE BEEN STUCK IN STANDSTILL TRAFFIC AND WE SAW A LOT OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES ZOOMING PAST US WITH DIFFERENT AMBULANCES COMING THE OPPOSITE WAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, KIND OF STANDSTILL TRAFFIC AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO GOSHEN. IN THAT MOBILE HOME AREA WE ARE GETTING REPORTS OF A LOT OF ENTRAPMENT’S AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON WHAT WE SEE. MIKE: ALL RIGHT, DANIELLE ABOUT ONE MILE AWAY FROM REPORTS WHERE THERE ARE REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK. AGAIN, WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HELP TELL THE WEATHER STORY. NEWS DESKS@WLWT.COM, WE LIKE TO LET PEOPLE IN KNOW, GIVE THEM A WARNING. 2:30, THREE :00, THE WITCHING HOUR WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GOING ON YOU WERE GETTING CALLS FROM POLICE SOURCES ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IN CINCINNATI. SHEREE: IT SOUNDED LIKE A BARGE BROKE LOOSE AND WAS HEADED TOWARDS THE BRENT SPENCE RIDGE. -- PAGE. THERE WAS A HUGE CONCERN --. -- BRIDGE. TODD, GIVE US AN IDEA, WHAT WERE YOU SEEING BEHIND YOU, THERE? TODD: A REAL DOOZY OF A DAY. I’M STEPPING OUT OF THE WAY SO MY VIDEOGRAPHER, HENRY GRIFFITH, CAN SHOW WHAT WE ARE SEEING RIGHT NOW. JUST TO THE WEST OF THE BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE, TOWARDS NORTHERN KENTUCKY, YOU CAN SEE THE REMNANTS OF ONE SECTION OF A BARGE. I UNDERSTAND WE’RE WERE -- AS I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED, ANOTHER VESSEL WAS HEADED UPRIVER AND WHAT THE SITUATION LOOKED LIKE AS WE CROSSED TO GET INTO POSITION, THERE WAS ANOTHER SECTION OF THE BARGE I NOTICED THAT EXTENDED FURTHER TOWARDS THE OHIO RIVER. THAT WAS 25, 30 MINUTES AGO. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE COVINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION THERE AND IT APPEARS THAT THE TUG THAT I SAW TOOK THE ONE SECTION PROTRUDING SIDEWAYS INTO THE RIVER, MANAGED TO GET IT AWAY AND INTO SAFETY, WHEREVER IT NEEDED TO BE, AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT NOW APPEARS TO BE THE OTHER SECTION OF THE BARGE THAT IS PROPERLY MOORED TO THE SHORELINE ON THE OHIO SIDE. CONVOLUTED WITH TWO MOVING PARTS, APPARENTLY. PRESUMABLY THE STORM MUST HAVE SENT IT SIDEWAYS BUT IT WAS NOT THE KIND OF SCENE YOU WANT TO SEE HEADED WEST, KNOWING THAT THE BRENT SPENCE MIGHT HAVE TO BE SHUT DOWN ON -- AT SOME POINT BECAUSE OF A BARGE ON THE LOOSED -- LOOSE. THE LIEUTENANT I SPOKE TO INDICATED THAT THINGS ARE UNDER CONTROL NOW, GOOD NEWS CONSIDERING THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS THAT RELY ON THE BRIDGE DAILY. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AVOIDED WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LATEST HEADACHE. LOOKS LIKE THAT TOW BOAT IS JUST CRUISING BACK TOWARDS THE SAWYER POINT AREA, HEADED UPSTREAM. CERTAINLY MOMENTS OF DRAMA REACHING OUT TO THE COAST GUARD AND THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OH. AS WELL, GOING TO REACH OUT TO CINCINNATI FIRE IN A SECOND. THIS IS ALL DEVELOPING REALLY QUICKLY. THE KEY TAKE AWAY IS THAT THE NEWS SEEMS TO BE ENCOURAGING AND THINGS ARE NOT AS BAD AS WHAT WE FIRST BOUGHT THEY COULD HAVE BEEN. SHEREE: TODD, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. A BUSY AFTERNOON AND THE THING IMPACTING SO MANY OF YOU ARE THESE POWER OUTAGES. DUKE ENERGY CONFIRMING 100 ONE HOMES AND BUSINESSES, CUSTOMERS, WITHOUT POWER RIGHT NOW AND THIS IS JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AFTER THEY WERE DEALING WITH 100 AND 60,000 POWER OUTAGES. MIKE: 75,000 IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE METRO AREA, 25,000 IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. LET’S BRING KEVIN ROBINSON BACK IN. LET’S TALK MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION IN GOSHEN. YOU DON’T GET CONFIRMATION ON TORNADO UNTIL THE EXPERTS COME IN, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY SAW SOMETHING TOUCH DOWN JUDGING FROM REPORTS OF DISRUPTION IT APPEARS LIKELY. -- DESTRUCTION IT APPEARS LIKELY. KEVIN: IT APPEARS THAT WE DID HAVE A BRIEF BUT INTENSE TORNADO FOR A FEW MINUTES. IT’S RARE AND IT DOESN’T HAPPEN OFTEN BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART THESE ARE RUN-OF-THE-MILL SONOROUS STORMS BUT OCCASIONALLY IF YOU CAN GET ENOUGH AOUND REES TO INTERACT, YOU WILL GET THAT ONE AND A THOUSAND CHANCE FOR A SPIN UP TORNADO AND THAT’S BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED. TALKING ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED HERE, ADAM IS TAKING US BACK ON THE RADAR. HERE’S THE COMMUNITY, GOSHEN. NOTICE BEFORE WE WERE DEALING WITH NASTY THUNDERSTORMS, RIGHT? THERE IS A BOUNDARY IT SEEMS RIGHT IN HERE AND WATCH WHAT HAPPENS, TAKE IT FORWARD AND YOU WILL NOTICE ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME KIND OF CIRCULATION THAT HAS COME TOGETHER AND YOU GET A BRIEF TORNADO THAT TRAVELED THROUGH, I SHOULD SAY, UNCONFIRMED TORNADO AT THIS POINT. IN ALL LIKELIHOOD IT SOUNDS LIKE TORNADO, HERE. MOVING TOWARDS CLERMONT COUNTY FROM GOSHEN TO THE NEWTON’S AREA. NOTICE THAT WE LOSE THE TIGHT CIRCULATION? IT’S ONLY THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN IT BECOMES MORE BROAD AND WE GET THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS. TRANSITIONING WHAT WAS -- AWAY FROM WHAT WAS IN ALL LIKELIHOOD A BRIEF TORNADO TO STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS AS IT WORKED ITS WAY TO THE EAST. NOW WHAT WE HAVE HAPPENING FOR THE REST OF THE AREA IS WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE OF YOU OUT HERE IN PARTS OF HIGHLAND COUNTY DOWN INTO ADAMS COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN EFFECT AND WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH STRONG WIND. YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR AHEAD OF THIS LINE OF STORMS THE WEATHER SERVICE IS. STILL DEALING WITH SEVERE WEATHER AND SEVERE WIND. NO TORNADO WARNINGS BUT DOWN HERE IN MAYSVILLE, THE STRONG WIND IS RIGHT ON TOP OF YOU AT THE MOMENT. WANT TO CHECK ON THAT VELOCITY FOR A MOMENT? CAN WE GET AN ESTIMATE ON THE WIND SPEEDS? YES, ON THE LEADING EDGE, KEEP IN MIND THAT BECAUSE WE ARE STAYING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL RADAR SITE, REMEMBER THE EARTH IS CURVED AND ONCE IT GETS FARTHER AWAY YOU SEE HIGHER UP INTO IT. WE ARE SEEING WIND IS STILL ON THE ORDER OF 40 TO 50 MILES PER HOUR WITH THIS. SO THERE IS PROBABLY STILL ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN TREES AND BRANCHES, RESULTING IN SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES AROUND THE AREA. I’M FAIRLY CONFIDENT BUT WE WILL FIND WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE EVENING IS THAT THE GOSHEN EVENT WAS ONE OF THOSE RARE OCCURRENCES WHERE EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT TORNADIC ACTIVITY BUT ALL IN ALL THESE ARE DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS THAT WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AFTERNOON AND RIGHT NOW THE WORST OF IT IS MOVING THROUGH THE PEOPLE’S COMMUNITY ALMOST OUT OF HIGHLAND COUNTY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THOSE FOLKS THERE. PAST YOU AT THE MOMENT, YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW WE HAD BROAD CIRCULATION. BROAD CIRCULATION HELPING TO DRIVE THESE STRONGER WINDS THROUGH THE REST OF HIGHLAND COUNTY AND ADAMS COUNTY AS WELL. ADAM, ARE YOU GETTING ADDITIONAL REPORTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE ? ADAM: TREES DOWN, WIND DOWN IN THE REGION AS WELL WITH MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND OBVIOUSLY GOSHEN BEING THE WORST OF IT. WE HAD ONE REPORT FROM HIGHLAND COUNTY OF A GUST OF 47 MILES PER HOUR CONFIRMED IN THE AREA NEIL -- NEAR HILLSBORO WHEN THE STORM WAS MOVING THROUGH EARLIER. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE BEEN SEEING RADAR ESTIMATES HIGHER. TALKING ABOUT THESE RADARS GETTING FURTHER AWAY, HIGHER INTO THE STORM. STRONG WIND IS STILL THERE AND WE STILL NEED TO BE ON THE WATCH FOR THAT AND LIGHTNING, KEVIN. KEVIN: THANK YOU, I’M GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO THE TASK. GUY’S I’M SURE THE INFORMATION IS POURING IN FAST AND FOOT FURIOUS WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE GOSHEN COMMUNITY. FROM THE WEATHER STANDPOINT FOR THE FOLKS WONDERING WHAT’S HAPPENING, STRONG WIND IS THE CONCERN IN ADAMS COUNTY. FOR ANY OF Y
Thousands without power as severe storms roll through Greater Cincinnati area
Updated: 11:44 PM EDT Jul 6, 2022
Strong storms are rolling through the Greater Cincinnati area causing power outages and dangerous outside conditions. Duke Energy reports 55,873 people in the area are without power including more than 25,000 in Hamilton County and more than 17,000 without power in Clermont County.See Duke's Energy outage map here.Duke Energy said crews are starting to assess and restore service. Estimated times of restoration will be provided as they progress. A tornado warning has been issued for Clermont and Brown counties until 3:30 p.m. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down near Goshen Township Wednesday afternoon. Residents sent in videos of blown over trees and property damage as storms continued into the late afternoon. A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for the Greater Cincinnati region until 7 p.m. Severe thunderstorm warningsSevere thunderstorm warning issued for Brown County, Clermont County, Hamilton County, Boone County, Campbell County, Grant County, Gallatin County, Kenton County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Dearborn County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Switzerland County until 3:30 p.m.
Strong storms are rolling through the Greater Cincinnati area causing power outages and dangerous outside conditions.
Duke Energy reports 55,873 people in the area are without power including more than 25,000 in Hamilton County and more than 17,000 without power in Clermont County.
See Duke's Energy outage map here.
Duke Energy said crews are starting to assess and restore service. Estimated times of restoration will be provided as they progress.
A tornado warning has been issued for Clermont and Brown counties until 3:30 p.m.
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down near Goshen Township Wednesday afternoon.
Residents sent in videos of blown over trees and property damage as storms continued into the late afternoon.
A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for the Greater Cincinnati region until 7 p.m.
Severe thunderstorm warnings
- Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Brown County, Clermont County, Hamilton County, Boone County, Campbell County, Grant County, Gallatin County, Kenton County, Owen County, Pendleton County, Dearborn County, Ohio County, Ripley County, Switzerland County until 3:30 p.m.
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