Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Darke County in west central Ohio... Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 822 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Monroe to Redkey, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, Montezuma, New Weston, Yorkshire, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, North Dayton, and Maria Stein.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
DEARBORN FRANKLIN OHIO RIPLEY SWITZERLAND
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BROWN BUTLER CLERMONT CLINTON HAMILTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, ADA, ALEXANDRIA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
By Timothy Cox
The Giving Thanks community Thanksgiving dinner in Celina will survive after officials previously had said there were not enough volunteers to pull off the event.
Bruce Swonger has agreed to head up the effort and pull together the hundreds of volunteers needed to stage the dinner that is less than three weeks away. Swonger didn't provide details of how he will accomplish the monumental feat, but vowed to do so. [More]
By Bruce Monnin
COLUMBUS - It seems fitting that when the state cross country championships are held at a horse racing track, the final standings should come right down to the wire.
In one of the closest finishes you will ever see, the Versailles Lady Tigers captured an upset victory by a single point over Gates Mills Gilmour Academy and just five points over third-place Minster. [More]
By Bruce Monnin
COLUMBUS - It was a great day for area boys at the 79th annual boys state cross country meet.
St. Henry competed as a team for the first time and finished eighth in the standings, while the Minster boys' ninth-place finish was also the Wildcats' best performance in the history of their program. [More]
Obituaries on November 5th, 2007
Monica C. Springer, 20, 624 N. Mill St., Celina, died at 4:52 a.m. Nov. 3, 2007 [More]
Local pictures on November 5th, 2007
Subscriber stories on November 5th, 2007
A local bar and a church said it will help continue a Christmas project for needy families, after the Celina American Legion Auxiliary announced it will no longer do its basket program that typically helps 120 families each year.
MINSTER - Paul Ranly enjoys taking visitors to his basement and showing off his babies - nearly three dozen African violets standing in orderly rows beneath grow lights.
Mercer County has secured another $1 million toward the replacement and rehabilitation of four rural county bridges.
Mercer County Engineer Jim Wie
ST. MARYS - It was 50 years and at least 70,000 pancakes ago that the St. Marys Kiwanis first hosted its pancake breakfast, which is held twice a year - spring and fall.
A Celina man, who reportedly suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder following a tour of duty in Iraq, was sentenced to community control sanctions during a Wednesday afternoon appearance in Mercer County Common Pleas Court.
COLUMBUS - For Celina's Melissa Roth, just getting a chance to run at the state cross country championships was an ordeal. She had an incredible will to finish the race despite severe dehydration and it resulted in a slow performance at districts.
ELIDA - It's not supposed to be easy when a team reaches the regional finals, but the Marion Local volleyball team sure made it look easy on Saturday afternoon.
WILMINGTON - After the Roger Bacon Spartans defeated the Versailles Tigers 25-23-, 25-23, 25-22 for the Division III regional championship at Wilmington High School, the fans who gathered for Saturday's matchup had to have the feeling that they had been there before.
PLAIN CITY - Just like a boxer, the Coldwater offense slowly wore down the Jonathan Alder defense in the first half.
Then in the third round - er, quarter - the Cavaliers applied the knockout blow.