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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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Car, semi collide at U.S. 127, 33
By Margie Wuebker
MERCER - Three people - two women and a child - died Tuesday when the car in which they were riding collided with a semitrailer at the intersection of U.S. 127 and U.S. 33 near Mercer.
Regina D. Spradlin, 50, 302 W. Pearl St., Rockford, was prono [More]
New organization could be in place by January
By Shelley Grieshop
Commissioners in Mercer and Auglaize counties took formal action Tuesday to create a joint organization that will focus on enhancing the water quality of Grand Lake.
All six commissioners signed resolutions giving a recently-hired law firm permission to file their application with the Secretary of State to establish the Grand Lake St. Marys Restoration Community Improvement Corporation (CIC). [More]
Obituaries on December 15th, 2010
Ashley M. Curry, 20, Celina, died at 7:12 p.m. Dec. 13, 2010, at Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Michael L. Will, 59, New Bremen, died at 4:38 p.m. Dec. 14, 2010, at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland. [More]
Dennis J. "Butch" McNerney, 57, Celina, died Dec. 14, 2010.
He was born Jan. [More]
Betty Simpson, 77, Mendon, died Dec. 15, 2010.
Services are pending at Cisco [More]
Local pictures on December 15th, 2010
Subscriber stories on December 15th, 2010
CELINA - A Florida businessman now wants to construct his proposed manure digester on 50 acres of land along Meyer Road the city intends to purchase for a solar energy plant and multiple sludge ponds.
CELINA - City officials are preparing the 2011 budget and hope to appropriate the same amount for the general fund as last year, Celina Safety Service Director Rick Bachelor said.
Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation
A team of 22 state and federal employees helping farmers do their part to restore algae-plagued Grand Lake is nearly complete after two manure management technicians were hired Tuesday.
COLDWATER - Several positions were filled during a school board meeting Tuesday.
School board members hired Kelly Steineman as junior varsity softball coach for the 2011 season, and Ed and Theresa Hosbach were approved as swim team volunteer coaches for the 2010-2011 season.
ROCKFORD - Parkway school board members on Tuesday approved purchasing a new school bus and new marching band uniforms.
The board will accept bids
ST. MARYS - The water has been turned off at the new middle/high school complex in St. Marys due to contamination from a chemical in a broken air handling unit.
NEW BREMEN - An expensive sound program did not work and now village council members are hoping a Border Collie will solve the continuing problem with Canada geese.
FORT RECOVERY - It wasn't exactly a work of art but Fort Recovery boys basketball coach Brian Patch and his team will take it.
Playing their third
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Paxton Hatcher's three-pointer at the buzzer was banked in, and it gave Lehman a wild 52-49 victory over Marion Local in nonconference girls basketball action in Sidney on Tuesday night.