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Tornado Watch issued March 26 at 4:58PM EDT until March 26 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 75 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE LICKING UNION OH
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BELLEFONTAINE, CELINA, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, KENTON, MARYSVILLE, NEWARK, SIDNEY, ST. MARYS, AND WAPAKONETA.

Thursday, April 14th, 2016

Photo by Claire Giesige/The Daily Standard

Mercer Health nursing supervisors work on tagging a CPR dummy during a mass-fatality drill. County officials gathered on Wednesday to run through a mass-fatality exercise, dealing with hypothetical crises such as supply shortages and hospital space limitations.

Related online story:

Drill prepares community for possible disaster

COLDWATER - "This is only a drill," Mercer County officials kept telling colleagues over the phone as they requested help in dealing with 41 fatalities in 48 hours. [More]

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