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 8:14PM 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 Logan County in west central Ohio... Hardin County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Auglaize County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 813 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bluffton to near Wapakoneta, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Kenton, Ada, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Uniopolis, Patterson, and Dola.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 118.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:00PM EDT until March 22 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 759 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spencerville In Allen County, moving east at 65 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... Wapakoneta, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Waynesfield, Buckland, Uniopolis, Kossuth, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 114 and 118.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
By Nancy Allen
Users of Grand Lake now have a Web site to check on algae toxin levels in the lake.
The page was created by the Ohio EPA and is available at www.epa.state.oh.us/pic/glsm_algae.html. There are several links to the sampling data, fact sheets, news releases and other information, Ohio EPA spokeswoman Dina Pierce said. [More]
By William Kincaid
Images of Hollywood and actors commonly show fame and fortune.
But that's not the case for most of the 120,000 performers in U.S. acting unions. Only around 4,000 of those entertainers work regularly, according to Celina writer Scott Voisin.
Voisin's book to be released next month, "Character Kings," reveals the truth about working actors. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
What started out to be a tryout turned out to be the opportunity that Todd Boeckman has been looking for.
The St. Henry native and former Ohio State quarterback signed a contract with the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars on Wednesday after having a workout session with the team earlier yesterday morning. [More]
Obituaries on June 18th, 2009
Robert J. "Bob" Boerger, 85, Friemering Road, Fort Loramie, died June 16, 2009, at home. [More]
Linus J. Brackman, 76 of Englewood, died June 16, 2009, at the Maria Joseph Living Care Center, Trotwood. [More]
Donald Freeman, 73 of Englewood, died June 15, 2009, at home.
He was born on [More]
Joan Menchhofer McVay, 73, of Aurora, died June 14, 2009, at home.
She was born Feb. 4, 1936, in Celina to Carl and Margaret Menchhofer. [More]
Melvin John Miller, 66, of Coldwater, died today, June 18, 2009 at his home. [More]
Local pictures on June 18th, 2009
Subscriber stories on June 18th, 2009
Cleanup efforts continued Wednesday in an effort to keep nearly 800 gallons of liquid fertilizer from entering Beaver Creek following an earlier traffic accident.
A 19-year-old Fort Recovery man remains in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton after falling from the bed of a pickup truck early Sunday morning.
Brett Riley, the 42-year-old Celina man charged in connection with the drug-related death of his wife, has retained a father-son team of attorneys.
YORKSHIRE - Marcia Eilerman couldn't be more proud of her two sons, Mitchell, 16, and Shawn, 17, both students at Marion Local High School.
The lon
ST. MARYS - In 2008 troopers with the local Ohio Highway Patrol Post stopped 2,000 vehicles and investigated 680 crashes in Auglaize and Mercer counties, according to the Wapakoneta Post commander.
The Mercer County Commissioners plan to apply for $600,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for Phase I of the proposed Marion Township sanitary sewer improvement project.
Two Mercer County women claimed titles in the preliminary round of Miss Ohio Pageant competition on Wednesday at the Renaissance Theatre in Mansfield
Grand Lake is a canary in a coal mine - the first of many water problems on the horizon for Ohio, says Bill Ringo, Lake Improvement Association (LIA) president and political chair of the Friends for the Preservation of Ohio State Parks.
COLDWATER - Usually in a doubleheader, especially when pitching is scarce, one game is usually a pitcher's duel while the other has the makings of an offensive onslaught.
After a thrilling 30-lap main event just four weeks ago, the O'Reilly All-Star Circuit of Champion Sprint Cars returns to Eldora Speedway for the second and final time in 2009 on Saturday night.
A quartet of pitchers helped Grand Lake win its fourth straight game as the Mariners blanked the Cincinnati Steam 5-0 on Wednesday night at Jim Hoess Field.
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Greg Wolters fired a three-hitter as Marion Local improved to 8-3 on the season with an 11-1 win in five innings over Versailles.