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Frost Advisory issued April 26 at 2:57AM EDT until April 26 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 35 will result in frost formation.
* WHERE...Portions of central, south central and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM EDT this morning.
* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Photo by Nancy Allen/The Daily Standard

A floating mass of dead shad covers a channel at the end of It's It Road at Montezuma Acres. The prolonged ice and snow cover on Grand Lake this winter caused the shad, a weaker species of fish susceptible to fluctuations in temperature and oxygen levels, to die off.

Related online story:

Officials: dead fish a natural occurrence

The large amount of dead fish, mostly shad, in Grand Lake channels is a natural occurrence after this winter's prolonged ice and snow cover on the lake, state officials say. [More]

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