Tornado Watch issued April 3 at 12:10AM EDT until April 3 at 4:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
TORNADO WATCH 103 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING 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 9 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON OWEN PENDLETON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 27 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
HIGHLAND
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, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued April 2 at 9:21PM EDT until April 6 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...The following counties, in Indiana, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, the following counties, in Kentucky, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and the following counties, in Ohio, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Soils remain moist and excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of rain will occur into the weekend with the heaviest rain expect Thursday night into Friday morning and then again Saturday into Saturday night.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued April 3 at 12:12AM EDT until April 3 at 12:45AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 1211 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sidney, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Fryburg, Montra, Huntsville, Newbern, Quincy, Mcmorran, Botkins, Maplewood, Kettlersville, Jackson Center, Hardin, Bloom Center, Pemberton, Anna, Lewistown, Logansville, Lakeview, Lake Loramie State Park, De Graff, and Sidney.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 86 and 107.
57° 57° chance Thu 68° Thu 68° chance 49° 49° Fri 57° Fri 57° likely
Friday, May 20th, 2011
Obituaries on May 20th, 2011
Daniel C. Romer, 80, Memphis, Tenn., died April 21, 2011, at his home.
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Kathleen Discenza, 63, New Bremen, died May 19, 2011, at her residence.
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Stories on May 20th, 2011
GRAND LAKE - The algae has emerged and so have the warning signs along Grand Lake.
The state Thursday placed the first advisory of the season on the lake after tests earlier this week detected blue-green algae. [More]
Today's sunshine is a rare sight and its presence will do little to brighten area farmers' outlook for the growing season.
Ongoing rainy, cool weather continues to delay planting and poses a serious threat to corn and soybean crops locally and statewide. [More]
Board of elections
CELINA - Calls to stop using local schools as polling locations continued this week at the Mercer County Board of Elections regular meeting.
School superintendents from St. Henry, Fort Recovery and Celina last year started asking board members to relocate polls.
WAPAKONETA - Some unexpected costs have surfaced in the courthouse renovation project.
Garmann-Miller Architects, Minster, met with Auglaize County
CELINA - Mercer County officials are seeking input on a proposal to use more than $115,000 in state funds for projects in Rockford and Liberty Township.
CELINA - City council members on Monday will hear first reading of an ordinance allowing the city to purchase electricity from a natural gas-fired generation plant in Fremont.
Fort Recovery
FORT RECOVERY - The 86 members of the class of 2011 will graduate at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Fort Recovery High School's 123rd commencement will be held at the Fort Site Fieldhouse.
MINSTER - It will take some teaching, some getting used to from congregants and their priests. But one local pastor said it took 35 years to get into
Division IV District Baseball at Coldwater
COLDWATER - For the first time since 2007, the Midwest Athletic Conference will have a baseball team earn the Division IV district championship.
Parkway and Minster punched their tickets to tonight's championship game after picking up semifinal wins on Thursday at Veterans Field in Coldwater.
MINSTER - The Minster boys took a seemingly insurmountable lead in their portion of the Division III district track meet at Minster on Thursday. Mi
Last Curtain Call
When the spring sports campaign inched closer and closer to the finish line 50 years ago, the best of the best still remained on the area baseball scene in 1961, and it was the Coldwater Cavaliers making the most noise locally.
The Celina doubles team of Tyler Everman and Bryan Robbins kept their seasons alive with two wins on the first day of the Division II district tennis tournament at Bowling Green State University.
Local pictures on May 20th, 2011