Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:23PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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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.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:26PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 826 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Lakeview, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
Locations impacted include... Kenton, Ada, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Patterson, Dola, Huntersville, Pfeiffer, Big Springs, and State Route 195 at State Route 235.
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
New Celina treatment facility begins pouring out water to meet EPA rules
By William Kincaid
Water from the tap should taste and smell better in Celina.
Celina's new $6 million water treatment facility that adds granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration to the city's existing treatment process is up and running. Six of the facility's eight GAC tanks are processing water with carbon, Safety Service Director Jeff Hazel said this morning. [More]
Good yields plus high prices could equal highest value wheat crop ever in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
By Nancy Allen
With the wheat harvest almost done in Mercer County, producers are smiling at their yields and high market prices.
A lot of the county's wheat has looked good all along, local ag officials say, but farmers are always reluctant to believe it until it's harvested. [More]
Obituaries on July 15th, 2008
Linda Lou Armstrong, 66, of 800 Indiana Ave., Apt C-03, St. Marys, died at 5:49 p.m. July 12, 2008, at Grandview Hospital, Dayton. [More]
Ruth E. Hiestand, 82, of New Weston, died at 9:30 a.m. July 13, 2008, at her residence. [More]
Former Celina resident, Mary Hromish, 91, of 2843 Queen City Ave., Cincinnati, died at 10:18 p.m. July 12, 2008, at Wellspring Health Center in Cincinnati. [More]
Bernadette M. "Bernie" Keller, 90, of Jefferson St., Maria Stein, died at 4 p.m [More]
Former Rockford resident, Aliceruth Kimmel of Celina, died July 14, 2008, at Celina Manor Nursing Home. [More]
Local pictures on July 15th, 2008
Subscriber stories on July 15th, 2008
Slow-moving vans equipped with global positioning satellite equipment will be traveling down every city street, country road and local alley mapping various locations ranging from homes to businesses as Mercer County prepares for the move to enhanced 911 service.
Center at former plant would showcase area's agriculture, industry
COLDWATER - A portion of the former New Idea plant in Coldwater likely will become the site of an Agriculture and Industrial Heritage Center within the next year.
Health board turns smoking complaints over to state
WAPAKONETA - An area board has voted to send an unfunded task back to the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus.
"Enforcing the smoking ban takes a
COLDWATER - Representatives of the village's police department demonstrated their new Taser guns at Monday's village council meeting.
Two tasers were purchased by the department after donations were received from village supporters.
ST. MARYS - More dog talk as city council strives to update its dog ordinance. A community resident urged council to move ahead with leash laws.
Patricia Shepherd, a Columbia Street resident, complained to council about the neighborhood dogs defecating in her yard.
Despite a disappointing first half of the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League season, the Grand Lake Mariners can at least claim bragging rights over the rival Lima Locos.