AEP Ohio has restored power to more than 185,000 of the
660,000 customers affected by the catastrophic storms that moved through the state June 29. Approximately 475,000 customers remain without power at 10 a.m. today.
At the height of the storm, thunder, lightning and high winds of more
than 80 mile per hour, knocked down transmission structures, poles, power lines and trees across AEP Ohio’s service territory. The central Ohio counties of Franklin, Delaware and Licking were the hardest hit, with approximately 345,000 customers affected.
Generators and Water On the Way in Response to Power Outages and Severe Heat
Gov. John R. Kasich announced tonight that President Barack Obama granted his request for federal assistance and declared a federal emergency in Ohio due to the severe weather and extensive power outages across two-thirds of the state.
The Federal Emergency Declaration allows the federal government to support Ohio with direct assistance such as generators and water. Additional resources may be requested as needed.
Ada and many midwesterns took a history course this weekend. We lived like pioneers. Many are still roughing it. The history lesson reminded was how our great-great grandparents lived without electricity, air conditioning, telephone service, internet service, freezers and many other wonders of the 21st century.
In Ada shortly around 4 p.m., Friday, June 28, the wrath of Mother Nature struck with high winds - some speculating 85 miles per hour - and torrents of rain.
AEP provided the following weather alert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday
*** Broken Line of Severe Thunderstorms For I&M Power This Afternoon
*** Line of Severe Thunderstorms Possible for Portions of AEP Ohio,
Kentucky Power, W.
The latest radar as of 2:30 pm shows a broken line of severe thunderstorms in northern Illinois entering Indiana.
AEP's East Utilities will be in an active severe weather pattern late today through the weekend. The combination of unstable air, a stalled front, and several upper-level disturbances moving along the front will result in the severe storms. Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon over Illinois.
These storms may develop into a complex of severe storms - or even a squall line with widespread damaging winds - as they track across Indiana & Ohio this evening into tonight. If a squall line does develop...a significant outage event will be possible,
especially for AEP Ohio.
