On Monday night into Tuesday, Cincinnati received up to six inches of snow, which was followed up with up to one inch of ice that night. On Wednesday morning, most of the region received up to six inches of additional snowfall, making for one dramatic start to the week!

 

1 A view of downtown from Mt. Adams.

 

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10 Wareham Drive, leading to Mt. Adams in Cincinnati, is a tough climb in severe winter weather.

 

11 Handled great in the adverse weather! Not one slip up with over 200 miles traveled during the storm.

 

12 Snow covered steps in Mt. Adams.

 

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14 Mt. Eden Drive in Eden Park.

 

15 Eden Park

 

16 Eden Park

 

17 Eden Park

 

18 Eden Park

 

You can find more photographs stuffed under general Cincinnati photographs and Mt. Adams at Urbanup, and more photographs from Eden Park at American Byways. Enjoy!

Great photographs. I'm glad the snow covered up the U.S. Bank Arena's disgusting roof.

Added more images.

Beautiful shots!

These are great...number 14 is just stunning.

Awesome shots.  The bridges look amazing in number 6, and the city looks simply unreal in shot 5.

Amazing shots.  I LOVE the evening skyline photos.  Even though I am so sick of snow, these photos are absolutely gorgeous.

The most beautiful city in the midwest covered in snow! I #$%#ing love Cincinnati.

 

 

And I can't even fathom how cool it would be to live in one of these houses. Look how huge they are/ how far they go back. Many of them even have roof top decks. Crazy.

These are fantastic!  I especially like the Mt. Adams foreground in numbers 1 and 5.

These are fantastic! I especially like the Mt. Adams foreground in numbers 1 and 5.

 

Don't you now wish you would have moved to Cinci instead of Boston ? Hhhmmm?

I like number 3.  There's a painting in the Cincinnati Art Museum that looks just like it!

Beautiful photos! Number 17 tripped my Happy switch.

 

Snow makes splashes of color pop out, and that's evident in the night shots, too.

I love the homes in the first picture. Photos 4-9 are just beautiful

Don't you now wish you would have moved to Cinci instead of Boston ? Hhhmmm?

 

Don't you wish you stayed in Cincinnati instead of moving to Columbus?

Love 'em.

Dude, #1 and 5 are off the freakin hook. Great job!

Awesome set!

Don't you now wish you would have moved to Cinci instead of Boston ? Hhhmmm?

 

Don't you wish you stayed in Cincinnati instead of moving to Columbus?

Phew, I think this gets me off the hook.

These are absolutely breathtaking.  I love those shots from Mt Adams and the bridges in Eden Park.

 

But the links aren't right.  The address it takes me to has 2 "http://"s but deleting one worked.  So I think that there's an easy fix.

The mayor is currently seeking submissions of Cincinnati snow pictures to use in next year's Christmas card. These should certainly be sent in, if there are more beautiful shots than these I'd like to see them..

Awesome, awesome shots.  I always enjoy your work. 

The most beautiful city in the midwest covered in snow! I #$%#ing love Cincinnati.

 

 

And I can't even fathom how cool it would be to live in one of these houses. Look how huge they are/ how far they go back. Many of them even have roof top decks. Crazy.

 

 

this confirms my statement from ages ago (met with some umbrage, as I recall) that Cincinnati is the most photogenic city in Ohio.

 

Gorgeous photos!

The hills give a unique photographic perspective, especially for these snowy winter pics. Looks great for a city that was surveyed to be "last city Americans would want to live in". More people actually need to visit the 3 Cs before throwing around their preconceived notions.

The hills give a unique photographic perspective, especially for these snowy winter pics. Looks great for a city that was surveyed to be "last city Americans would want to live in". More people actually need to visit the 3 Cs before throwing around their preconceived notions.

 

Really?  When was that?

great photos.  Cincinnati looks pretty in the snow.

The hills give a unique photographic perspective, especially for these snowy winter pics. Looks great for a city that was surveyed to be "last city Americans would want to live in". More people actually need to visit the 3 Cs before throwing around their preconceived notions.

Actually Detroit and Cleveland were the bottom two, with Cincinnati being the third worst.  None of which are good, but just thought I'd set the record straight.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2009-01-29-where-we-live_N.htm

The hills give a unique photographic perspective, especially for these snowy winter pics. Looks great for a city that was surveyed to be "last city Americans would want to live in". More people actually need to visit the 3 Cs before throwing around their preconceived notions.

Actually Detroit and Cleveland were the bottom two, with Cincinnati being the third worst.  None of which are good, but just thought I'd set the record straight.

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2009-01-29-where-we-live_N.htm

 

And cities like Columbus, Indy, Dayton, Louisville, etc. weren't included.  30 biggest metros only. 

Damn! 1-2 inches were predicted for today, then 2-4 inches, and now somewhere between 4-8 inches. Drifting snow, high winds, and heavy accumulations have made for some miserable and long commutes.

 

I work at Xavier, and it took 55 minutes to get to Over-the-Rhine! The road leading out of Xavier to Montgomery was not moving, because Montgomery Road was entirely congested because Interstate 71 was moving an average of 2-3 MPH. I went home via Victory -> Gilbert -> McMillian -> Auburn -> Sycamore, but was met with congested traffic on Gilbert, McMillian, Auburn and Sycamore (especially the hill) -- traffic that was moving an average of less than 5 MPH.

 

My co-worker, who lives in Indiana, is still on the road as I type. He just made it across the border and is going around 5 MPH. Another co-worker lives only 20 minutes from Xavier, yet it took him two hours to get home.

 

City caught off guard

Up to 8 inches of snow may drop on Hamilton County

By Alex Shebar, Cincinnati Enquirer, February 3, 2009

 

Motorists ran into long backups on the drive home tonight as another snowstorm moved through the region, dumping snow faster than road crews could plow it.

 

The intensity of the storm – which raised forecasts from 1-3 inches to 2-4 and then 4-8 for Hamilton County - caught officials and drivers off guard. Some motorists were stuck on the roads for hours.

 

"I just walked in the door from a 3.5 hour drive home that is usually 40-45 minutes. It took two hours to get from Mt. Lookout Square to the I-75/275 interchange. It took one hour to get to Route 747 from the Union Center exit. I almost passed out in front of GE," a Cincinnati.com reader posted on our site.

 

"My usual 8 minute drive from Bond Hill to Finneytown took 2 hours. Cars could not make it up Seymour Hill!" another Cincinnati.com reader said.

 

"Now past two hours of sitting in traffic. Normally a 20 min drive. Not even half way home," said Stephen Torbeck in a post to the Enquirer's Twitter page.

 

At 6:30 p.m., I-75 was moving at approximately 3-5 mph between downtown and Ronald Reagan Highway. The drive time from downtown to RR: 1 hour, 30 minutes.

 

Off the interstate, even main road were treacherous. Ronald Reagan Highway, Galbraith and Winton were snow-covered and snow-packed, or slushy with ruts formulating.

 

Butler County officials warned drivers to avoid Ohio 4, if possible. There was a vehicle on fire south of the Walden Ponds Golf Course. Traffic was stopped both ways and drivers are having difficulty maneuvering in the snow.

 

Butler County was raised to a Level 2 snow emergency at 4:30 p.m. The county is worried about icy roads and drifting snow. People are encouraged to stay off the roads. Hamilton County has a Level 1 snow emergency. Caution is advised.

 

The force of today’s snow took everyone by surprise, said Ted Hubbard, chief deputy Hamilton County engineer.

 

“Once it started, it didn’t look too threatening, but then all of a sudden it kicked up. We got hit a lot harder than our neighbors to the north,” he said. “Our crews were ready for some snow, but you just don’t always know the intensity of what it will be.”

 

“We’re getting much more accumulation than predicted,” said Diane Watkins, superintendent of traffic and road operations for Cincinnati.. “Now that we’re looking at this level, we’ll do more plowing than salting. We don’t want to plow off the salt we just put down.”

 

Hamilton County treated all its roads with a mixture of grit and salt, and has its 58 trucks on the roads plowing. This will be done all night, Hubbard said.

 

Hubbard is happy that today’s storm was comprised of mostly powdered snow rather than ice, like last week’s storm.

 

“People are still going to have to use good common sense, but it should not nearly be as bad on the roads as it was during the ice storm,” he said.

 

Cincinnati has 65 trucks out, using a combination of salt, brine and beet juice to help melt the ice still on the road from previous storms.

 

“We ask people to be very cautious, because there are some icy areas out there,” Watkins said. “Don’t just assume you are driving on snow.”

 

Many schools and communities canceled after-school and evening events.

 

Early evening is generally a busy time at the Fairfield Family YMCA on Bibury Road, but there weren’t too many people to welcome Tuesday evening, said Marian Homan, an attendant at the Welcome Desk.

 

“All classes and lessons are cancelled, but we’ll be open unless Butler County calls a Level 3 Emergency,” Homan said.

 

Scott Hickman, meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said Hamilton County could get 4-8 inches of snow by 10 p.m. from the small but intense storm. The rest of Greater Cincinnati is expected to get 2-4 inches.

 

“The heaviest snow is falling over Hamilton County,” he said. “Now, it’s a very small-scale system, so we’ll see if the other counties’ (forecasts) have to be updated later.”

 

Hamilton County is under a winter storm warning until 10 p.m.

 

Other locations around the area are faring a little better than Hamilton County. Clermont County began to see snow at about 3 p.m., said Rob Alfieri, highways operations manager.

 

“We’ve seen mostly wet roads in most places. It looks more intimating than it actually is,” he said. “We’re more worried about after dark when these wet roads start freezing.”

 

Clermont planned to bring in a new road crew at 7 p.m. to do a 12-hour shift.

 

Butler and Warren counties began seeing snow at about noon, a little earlier than the rest of Greater Cincinnati. They’ve had trucks out since then, and were ready for the snow to increase.

 

“We’ve had pretty heavy bust of snow in Butler County. The roads have quickly become covered because of the heavy rate,” said Chris Petrocy, Butler County Engineer’s Office spokesman. “We do have all of our crews out and will probably be out into the evening until this moves on.”

 

Much of Warren County was spared, said Warren County Engineer Neil Tunison.

 

Lebanon, which is located about dead center of Warren County, has only about half an inch of snow, and north of Lebanon the roads are wet but not snow covered, Tunison said.

 

However, the southwest portion of Warren County, including Mason and Deerfield Township, got hit pretty hard, he said. Road crews are using a higher proportion of salt in its salt-grit mix than usual, in preparation for falling temperatures tonight, Tunison said.

 

“We’re out fixing potholes tonight, too,” Tunison said.

 

Nancy Wood, Northern Kentucky spokeswoman for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, said that Kentucky highways are looking good right now. They are moving, slowly, and the district’s 100 trucks will be working all night to get the roads ready for the morning commute.

 

Three trucks are dedicated to the Cut in the Hill on Interstate 71/75 in Covington.

 

Wood is thankful that this storm wasn’t preceded by freezing rain, like the last one.

 

“This one’s just snow, but the intensity of it can sometimes cause havoc for driving,” she said. “We always want to caution motorists that when it’s snowing, even when the sign says 55 to 70 mph, you have to take it a lot slower to keep it in control.”

 

The snow contributed to at least one serious accident in Northern Kentucky. A car flipped several times on Interstate 71/75, near the Mineola Pike exit. The driver and a passenger were injured.

 

Two school bus wrecks were reported in Ohio. One was around 4:20 p.m. in Madison Township, Butler County. There were no injuries.

 

The other occurred along Queen City Avenue in Cincinnati, where a bus hit a tree. No children were on the bus. The driver’s injuries were not known.

 

The temperature tonight is expected to dip to about 10 degrees as skies become partly cloudy. There is only a small chance of snow overnight, but winds will gust up to 30 mph, which might cause dangerous drifting snow, Hickman said.

 

Thursday, the sun will return with a high of 32 degrees and a low of 22. This weekend, warmer air is expected to move in from the south, bringing temperatures in the 40s and 50s and rain.

 

A shelter will open at the Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center, 1715 Republic St., from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. People will be provided with a blanket, snack and a sandwich. The center holds 150 people, and it expects to be full, said Kelly Carr, center coordinator.

 

The last time the center was open was Friday, because of the cold.