Cincinnati Weather

High winds, heavy rain and severe thunderstorms are racing eastward through Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Power has been knocked out to more than 50,000 Duke Energy customers.

The northern Butler County city of Trenton reported 79 mph wind gusts, according to the National Weather Service. Winds have been reported whipping 57 mph at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

CVG spokeswoman Barb Schempf said that as of 1:22 p.m., all normal operations have resumed at CVG. Power has been fully restored and passengers are no longer being moved away from windows and are now boarding planes.

A line of thunderstorms continues to move east at 50 mph. The storm passed through downtown Cincinnati about 12:30 p.m.

Sirens were sounded in Butler County because tornados were possible inside severe thunderstorms. Some trees were knocked over. Students at Miami University in Oxford were alerted to severe weather.

Fairfield schools cancelled afternoon kindergarten and the busing of Fairfield kindergarten students home was delayed until storm passes, say school officials. Students at Fairfield High School were moved to safe zones of the building. Monroe Schools in Butler County evacuated students from portable classrooms outside main school buildings. Students at Kings and Little Miami schools were also moved to safe spaces.

Boone County High School went on "tornado lock down." Afternoon dismissals were delayed until the weather improves. Power is out at the Boone County Justice in Burlington and at McGlasson's Farm in Hebron.

In the Cincinnati Public School District, Sayler Park students have been evacuated to the Sayler Park Community Center, according to district spokeswoman Janet Walsh. The school is temporarily relocated in modular classrooms while their main school building is renovated.

Students and staff at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Delhi Township took shelter in basements as the storm passsed over.

In the span of an hour, the number of Duke Energy customers without power went from 1,354 to 52,724. The most impacted county is Hamilton with 26,098 customers out of power as of 1 p.m.

Several traffic lights are not operating and roads are flooding in the Hyde Park area as well as areas west of downtown.

A tornado watch remains in effect through 4 p.m. for Greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and southeastern Indiana. A high wind warning is in place in the region until 8 p.m.

"This is a very energetic storm system," said NWS meteorologist Allen Randall.