Lebanon, Ohio (Fox19)– Each winter poses a threat to your roadside mailbox either because of snow drifts, vehicle incidents, or snowplow damage. Neil F. Tunison, the Warren County Engineer, in conjunction with local area US Postal Service would like to encourage all residents of Warren County to take some precautions this year in stabilizing their mailbox for the winter season.

Residents are encouraged to inspect their mailbox for any repairs it may need. For any mailbox located by the road, there is risk of damage caused by snow plows. Damage may also not be caused by contact with snow plow but by heavy wet snow being thrown off the plow. When inspecting your mailbox check and repair any weaknesses you may see such as rotten wood, deterioration, and/ or cracks in the post as well as leaning of the mailbox.

Damage to mailboxes resulting from snow plowing will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

A line of strong storms moved through the Tri-State Monday afternoon, creating heavy winds and some flooding.

Duke Energy is reporting about 49,000 customers without power at 1 p.m.

There is a flood advisory for Brown, Clermont, Clinton and Highland counties in Ohio, Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties in Kentucky and Ohio and Switzerland counties in Indiana. The flood advisory is in effect until 3 p.m.

FOX19 meteorologists Frank Marzullo and Steve Horstmeyer are tracking the storms and will provide updates on FOX19 and FOX19.com.

If you have pictures of the storm, send them to web@fox19.com. Just like dosterman2 did!