Most customers have power restored after Tuesday storms

Bicyclist Duncan Daily of Cedarville makes his way around a downed tree on Wilberforce-Clifton Road. Storms downed trees and dropped hail in parts of Greene County Tuesday, June 2.

Contributed Photo by Sue Moning Bicyclist Duncan Daily of Cedarville makes his way around a downed tree on Wilberforce-Clifton Road. Storms downed trees and dropped hail in parts of Greene County Tuesday, June 2.

Contributed photo by Sue Moning Quarter-size hail fell in parts of northern Greene County Tuesday, including Clifton and Miami Township.

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A Dayton Power and Light truck sits at the site of downed electrical wires and tree limbs, on Wilberforce-Clifton Road near Harbison Road. The storm brought hail and damaging winds through parts of Greene County on Tuesday, June 2.

Contributed photo by Sue Moning/Contributed Photo A Dayton Power and Light truck sits at the site of downed electrical wires and tree limbs, on Wilberforce-Clifton Road near Harbison Road. The storm brought hail and damaging winds through parts of Greene County on Tuesday, June 2.

By Kyle Nagel and Danielle Wilson
Staff Writers Updated 12:11 PM Wednesday, June 3, 2009

A handful of homes in Wilmington were still without power late Wednesday morning, June 3, said Dayton Power & Light spokeswoman Mary Beth Weaver.

A storm, which lasted from roughly 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, knocked out power to 1,700 Dayton Power & Light customers, mainly in southern Dayton suburbs, Fairborn and Wilmington, Weaver said.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington issued a tornado warning for western Montgomery County and central Preble County at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, when radar indicated a storm cell that could produce a tornado.

The warning lasted 30 minutes and no tornadoes were reported, the weather service said.

Four counties — Montgomery, Warren, Butler and Preble — then underwent a 30-minute severe thunderstorm warning until 6:30 p.m.

The storm cell, which moved southeast past Dayton, produced heavy rain and quarter-size hail in some areas. The storm also downed tree limbs and power lines in northern Greene County.

Weaver said late Wednesday morning that crews were replacing a utility pole in Wilmington, and once that pole is replaced power can be restored to a small cluster of homes close by.

Some Warren County communities reported hail up to 2 inches, according to the weather service. There were no reports of damage, according to the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, and the weather service said despite some accounts, there was no tornado in the area.

A quick and hard 10-minute shower hit Springboro with wind gusts of 58 mph, meteorologist Don Hughes said.

“It was gone before you could even think about what to say,” said Jenny Embleton, a Springboro police dispatcher.

Embleton said no one reported damage, though she wouldn’t doubt there actually was damage.

The storm had mostly moved out of the area by 7 p.m.

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