Cincinnati reduces number of warming shelters due to road conditions

Cameron Knight and Quinlan Bentley, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Freezing tempertures are expect during the holiday weekend.
Freezing tempertures are expect during the holiday weekend.

Cincinnati has drastically limited the number of community centers being used as warming shelters Friday.

All of Cincinnati's 23 community centers operated by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission were initially slated to remain open, but that number was reduced to three on Friday due to hazardous road conditions, the city said in a news release.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has warned of winds gusting as high as 45 mph, with very cold wind chills as low as 30 degrees below zero.

At those temperatures, frostbite and hypothermia can set in within 30 minutes.

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport recorded a 39-degree drop from 44 degrees at 7 p.m. Thursday to 5 degrees at 1 a.m. Friday. CVG has only seen 6-hour temperature drops of 32 degrees or more just nine times since 1948, according to National Weather Service data.

Here is a list of Cincinnati community centers open Friday:

  • Corryville Recreation Center - 2823 Eden Ave.

  • Over-the-Rhine Recreation Center - 1715 Republic St.

  • Price Hill Recreation Center - 959 Hawthorne Ave.

The community centers will be open until 6 p.m.

The CRC plans to open the Price Hill, OTR and Corryville locations as emergency warming centers Saturday through Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

In Colerain Township, White Oak Christian Church and Vineyard Northwest Church will open as warming centers from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday.

311Cincy

Cincinnati residents are encouraged to use Cincy311 to find resources if your heat goes out, if piled-up snow is causing problems or if you have questions about other services like trash collection.

Cincy311 can be reached by calling 311, going online or using the mobile app.

Warming shelters also open in NKY

In response to the server cold, emergency warming shelters are also open across Northern Kentucky.

Here's a list of open emergency shelters:

  • Piner Fiskburg Fire District. 1851 Bracht-Piner Road, Morning View, Kentucky.

  • Independence City Building. 5409 Madison Pike, Independence, Kentucky.

  • Fort Mitchell City Building, Council Chambers. 2355 Dixie Hwy, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.

  • Emergency Shelter of Northern Kentucky. 436 W 13th St, Covington, Kentucky. The shelter is an adult only facility and will not be accepting families or anyone under 18. Anyone seeking shelter is urged to call ahead at 859-291-4555.

  • Kenton County Administration Building (opened as needed). 1840 Simon Kenton Way, Covington, Kentucky.

  • Kenton County Detention Center (public lobby area). 3000 Decker Crane Ln, Covington, Kentucky.

  • Northern Kentucky Convention Center (opened as needed). 1 W River center Blvd, Covington, Kentucky.

  • Holy Spirit Parish. 827 Saratoga Street, Newport, Kentucky.

  • First Church of Christ.

  • St. Timothy Roman Catholic Church. 10272 U.S. Route 42, Union, Kentucky.

  • First Church of Christ in Boone County.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati weather: Community centers to open as warming shelters