Several waves of severe weather once again batter the area with damaging winds and heavy rain.
The first wave came though Tuesday morning, triggering severe thunderstorm warnings throughout the area. A tornado warning was issued for portions of Clark and Champaign counties around 9:30 for radar-indicated rotation. Strong winds brought down numerous trees in the Urbana area, and significant damage occurred at a home on Hurst Road which is four miles southeast of Urbana.
Damage was also seen in Darke County as a home on Bean Road just east of Ansonia has severe roof damage.
AES Ohio posted on social media that over 12,000 customers were without power due to the high winds after the first wave moved through Tuesday morning.
The storms moved into central Ohio, where a wind gust of 82 MPH was recorded at the John Glenn International Airport which is just northeast of Columbus.
The second wave of storms came through during the early afternoon hours Tuesday, bringing more tornado warnings to the area as radar showed possible rotation in the storm clouds. A storm capable of producing a tornado moved through portions of Butler and Hamilton counties. Wind gusts of over 50 MPH were observed at the Butler County Regional Airport.
Heavy rains fell as the storms moved through. Standing water was observed on Route 68 in the Midland area in Clinton County Tuesday afternoon.
A wind gust of 68 MPH was recorded at Lunken Airport in Cincinnati just before 4 p.m..
AES Ohio reported over 12,000 outages at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
More storms are in the forecast for the next few days, and a flood watch remains in effect for southwestern Ohio until Wednesday morning.
This post will be updated as more information becomes available.
