Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:49PM EDT until August 10 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Southern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Central Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1030 PM EDT.
* At 948 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near St. Marys, moving southeast at 45 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, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Anna, Jackson Center, Botkins, New Knoxville, Moulton, Wabash, Port Jefferson, Kettlersville, Montezuma, Fryburg, Montra, Tama, Neptune, and Maplewood.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 96 and 112.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 10 at 9:29PM EDT until August 10 at 10:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Northern Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1015 PM EDT.
* At 929 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ohio City, moving east at 35 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, Rockford, Mendon, Buckland, Uniopolis, Chattanooga, Kossuth, Tama, St. Johns, Neptune, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 111 and 118.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 7:26PM EDT until August 11 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
WAYNE
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, GREENVILLE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST JEFFERSON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected through Tuesday night. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
69° 69° chance Tue 82° Tue 82° likely 66° 66° likely Wed 82° Wed 82° chance
Monday, February 8th, 2016
LIA to spend $35,000 on test
By Claire Giesige
CELINA - A rough fish reduction pilot program will begin this week to reduce the number of carp in Grand Lake.
Milt Miller, Lake Restoration Commission director, told Lake Improvement Association members on Saturday the LRC is paying JR Commercial Fish $35,000 to harvest carp from the lake. The company is owned by Jeff Riedemann, a co-host of the Outdoor Channel's Bottom Feeders show. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
The Coldwater boys and Wapakoneta girls captured West Ohio High School Bowling Conference championships on Saturday at Westgate Lanes in Lima.
Coldwater won the South Division in both boys and girls with Wapakoneta doing likewise in the North Division. [More]
Obituaries on February 8th, 2016
Lucille C. Berning age 89 of Minster, Ohio died at 7:40 AM on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Heritage Manor Nursing Center. [More]
Donald Bernard Gels, 79, husband of the late Donna Marie (Sullivan) Gels, died Thursday, February 4, 2016 at Pruitt Health Aiken, S.C. [More]
Gerald Fennick "Jerry" Richards, age 87, of Celina, Ohio passed away at 6:10 p. [More]
Richard L. Schwartz, 68, of rural St. Marys, died at 7:27 AM on Friday, Februar [More]
Betty J. Youngs, 94, formerly of Saint Marys, and a resident of the Saint Marys [More]
Larry Wicker, 67, St. Marys, died on Feb. 5, 2016, at St. Rita's Medical Center [More]
Local pictures on February 8th, 2016
Subscriber stories on February 8th, 2016
SOUTH CAROLINA - An area pastor has temporarily suspended his church role to help a man he believes can lead the country through perilous times.
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WBL Wrestling Tournament
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Elida and Wapakoneta shared the Western Buckeye League wrestling championship after Saturday's league tournament at Murotech Court in St. Marys.
CELINA - For 16 minutes, Celina went toe-to-toe with Lima Senior and was down 45-36 at the half against the second-ranked team in Division I.
But as the second half rolled on, Celina's tanks began to empty while Lima Senior's stayed full.
MINSTER - For the entire second half Minster and St. Marys were never separated by more than two points until the final 45 seconds.
A big defensive stop and four free throws in the closing seconds lifted Minster to a 57-53 Saturday night boys basketball victory over St. Marys at Wildcat Gymnasium.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Fort Recovery rallied from down as much as 10 points to force overtime against Tri-Village and then outscored the Division IV top-ranked Patriots 9-4 in the extra session to pick up the 52-47 win in girls basketball action Saturday afternoon.