Special Weather Statement issued April 19 at 9:54AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 954 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Newport, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation.
Locations impacted include... Montra, Newbern, New Jerusalem, Lockington, Ridgeway, Woodstock, Botkins, Mount Victory, Millerstown, Kiser Lake State Park, Hardin, Pemberton, Piqua, West Mansfield, East Liberty, St. Paris, Logansville, Belle Center, North Lewisburg, and Lakeview.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 77 and 106.
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
Lucille Nielsen
Lucille (Mescher) Nielsen, 80, of Pocahontas, Ark., died at 3 a.m. July 28, 2010, at a hospital in Pocahontas.
She was born Sept. 27, 1927, in Maria Stein, to Otto and Rosa Mescher. She was married to Harold Thompson in 1948 and later married Merle Nielsen in 1972. He died in 1980.
Surviving are a daughter, Kathy (Jerry) Smith, Arkansas; four sisters, Elsie Balster, Maria Stein, Sister Verlina Mescher, Denver, Colo., Marcella Mills, Versailles, and Martha Mescher, Haiti; five brothers, Dennis and David Mescher, Maria Stein, James Mescher, Fort Loramie, Vernon Mescher, Fort Recovery, and Nick Mescher, West Liberty; two sisters-in-law, Marcella and Micky Mescher; three grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
Three brothers, Ralph, Stanley and Gilbert Mescher, are deceased.
A memorial Mass will be held at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 7 at the Maria Stein Shrine.
The body was cremated.
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