High winds causing outages, keeping DP&L crews busy

Power outages continue to affect residents and businesses after strong storms hit the region Wednesday.

Meantime, reports of downed trees, power lines and phone lines persisted well into Thursday morning.

Dayton police blocked the 2000 block of West Riverview Avenue after a large tree was knocked down and completely blocked both lanes of the road just before 1 a.m. The roadway was shut down for about 90 minutes, but reopened around 2:10 a.m.

In Greene County, high winds are believed to have knocked down a tree on Stutsman Road near South Alpha Bellbrook Road before 1:30 a.m., causing a driver to crash into the tree.

Greene County road crews were dispatched to remove the tree.

"We'll continue to get outages until these winds subside," DP&L spokesman Tom Tatham said:

Since 11 p.m. Tuesday, when the storm systems began rolling through the region, there have been 26,000 customers affected
Since 5 p.m. Wednesday, 9,700 customers affected (that number is included in the larger number)
From about 9 tonight, outages have persistently increased
After midnight, outages have decreased across the region

UPDATE @ 12:28 p.m. ( March 2) The latest outage numbers across the region:

DP&L

Greene 177

Montgomery 82

Shelby 0

Miami 4

Ohio Edison

Clark 13

Duke Energy

Warren 81

Butler 3

UPDATE @ 6:40 a.m. (March 2) The latest outage numbers across the region:

DP&L

Greene 311

Montgomery 49

Shelby 12

Miami 9

Ohio Edison

Clark 18

Duke Energy

Warren 106

Butler 35

UPDATED @ 11:47 p.m. (March 1): Here's the latest from the DP&L online outage map:

Montgomery 1,912

Miami 1,403

Darke 453

Preble 369

Greene 317

Champaign 59

Shelby 33

Warren 5

First Energy

Clark 187

Duke Energy

Warren 32

Butler 24

UPDATED @ 10:45 p.m. (March 1): A large outage is being reported in Centerville/Washington Twp. area, according to Montgomery County Regional Dispatch. DP&L has been called.

In Perry Twp., Montgomery County, a tree was reported down in the area of Heckathorn and Air Hill roads. That report came in about 10:45 p.m.

In Miamisburg, a tree was reported down in the area of 10th Avenue and Cromer Boulevard. That report was made about 9:58 p.m.

In Huber Heights, police dispatch reported a tree down and onto a parked vehicle on Hemingway Road. That report came in just after 9:45 p.m. No injuries were reported.

Here's the latest from the DP&L online outage map:

Darke 881

Miami 601

Preble 365

Montgomery 301

Greene 300

Warren 90

Shelby 36

Champaign 2

Logan 1

From Ohio Edison:

Clark 288

From Duke Energy:

Butler 12

Warren 20

EARLIER REPORT

While crews continue to work on restoring power to homes and businesses affected by Tuesday’s strong overnight storms, gusty winds are causing new outages in the Miami Valley.

Wednesday afternoon, traffic in the 700 block of Willow Road in Moorefield Twp. was blocked after a tree came down onto some power lines.

Since Wednesday morning, there were fewer than five Ohio Edison First Energy customers without power. By the afternoon, there are nearly 100.

A fire official said the Willow Road incident knocked out power to two nearby homes.

The older tree was partially rotted. The wind blew it onto power lines, which in turn brought down a utility pole across the road.