“This high pressure locked in very frigid air over the Plains through this Friday (Jan. “The cold temperatures are due to the emergence of arctic high pressure, which settled over the Plains on Wednesday,” the National Weather Service report read. As the snow continued to fall Friday, Oxford police extended the snow emergency until 3 p.m. That was raised to a Level II on Thursday evening, meaning residents were urged to remove vehicles from designated snow routes and to stay home and avoid driving if at all possible. The City of Oxford is under a Level I snow emergency, declared by the Butler County Sheriff’s office. No more outages were reported as of Friday morning and power had been restored to most areas in Oxford, according to police. Thursday, according to the company’s website.

While the cause is still under investigation, Duke Energy expected to have power restored to all locations in the Oxford area by 6 p.m. Thursday due to damage to overhead wires and generators, reported the Oxford Police Department. Power outages in Oxford began at 5:48 a.m. Locations impacted by snow and ice are expected to have temperatures remain below freezing and well below average for at least the next couple of days, the weather service reports. The storm is spread from Colorado and New Mexico all the way to Maine. Driving was still hazardous, and the temperature was a frigid 18 degrees. By Caroline Haubenstricker and Kenn JonesĪlthough light snow was continuing in parts of southwest Ohio Friday, the massive storm that iced the roads, closed the schools and brought on power outages had abated by 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.

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