Central Ohio cleaning up after severe weather; more on the way Thursday

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — Storms rolled via Central Ohio late Wednesday and early Thursday, forcing highway closures and inflicting energy outages.

HELPFUL RESOURCES:

7:25 A.M. Licking County Deputy Chief Dennis says the western a part of Licking County was hit arduous, particularly within the Pataskala space. They began to obtain calls between 2 and 4 a.m., about timber down, however no important harm has been reported. They’re monitoring Raccoon Creek for attainable flooding, and are involved about flooding close to Buckeye Lake. The water from the lake has shut down lanes alongside I-70 up to now, so they’re maintaining a tally of the situations.

7:00 A.M. Madison County Hearth Chief says Newport obtained important harm with stories of garages being blown out and several other massive timber blown down. No fireplace calls or accidents have been reported.

6:52 A.M. UPDATE: AEP Ohio explains its priorities in the course of the clean-up.

We do prioritize hospitals, nursing properties, issues like that. That’s all the time going to be primary. and we concentrate on sewer, water, Communications. After which after we get all emergency energy again on, then we go for the biggest quantity of shoppers we will get on within the shortest time period. And proceed that course of until we get all the way down to the only clients.” – Matthew Bennett, Director of Operations for AEP Ohio

6:20 A.M. UPDATE: AEP Ohio says round 20,000 clients are with out energy throughout the state.

6:15 A.M. UPDATE: Fayette County Sheriff Lape says a number of timber and features are down throughout the county.

6:00 A.M. UPDATE: Home in Madison County broken by the storm.

5:30 A.M. UPDATE: Storm damages grain silo in Fayette County

5 A.M. UPDATE: A variety of rain is probably going over the subsequent couple of days after which via the weekend, per Phil Kelly | LATEST FORECAST

4 A.M. UPDATE: ABC 6 confirmed that the realm round Riverside Drive and Henderson Highway is closed due to flooding.

3:40 A.M. UPDATE: Twister watches and warnings in Central Ohio have expired as of three:40 a.m.

3:20 AM UPDATE: All lanes are closed on SR-315 North past Wealthy Road/City Road as a consequence of flooding. Additionally, all lanes are closed on SR-315 South at US-40/Broad Road as a consequence of flooding.

Extra from Phil Kelly:

Flooding will turn into a difficulty throughout the state as quite a few rounds of rain are anticipated over the subsequent 4 days. Showers and storms return later Thursday, and Thursday evening, some extreme climate is feasible once more in a single day. By the point it is all mentioned and executed, between now and Sunday, a lot of the realm is anticipated to see a complete of between 3 and 6 inches of rain.

We dry out and see a return to some sunshine by subsequent week, with one other shot of rain returning by Thursday.

• TODAY: Heat and windy with afternoon/night showers and storms. Extreme storms attainable primarily south late. Excessive 71.
• FRIDAY: Showers and thunderstorms with a couple of remoted extreme storms. Breezy & cooler. Excessive 62.
• SATURDAY: Showers and thunderstorms seemingly. Windy & hotter. Excessive 72.
• SUNDAY: Showers with occasional downpours. Cooler & windy, Excessive 56.
• MONDAY: Showers ending early, gradual clearing in the course of the day. Breezy, cooler. Excessive 50.
• TUESDAY: Mixture of solar & clouds. Excessive 47.
• WEDNESDAY: Numerous sunshine. Excessive 53.

Observe ABC 6 Information all through the day for protection of the continuing extreme climate.