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High Wind Warning issued March 15 at 1:47PM EDT until March 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...South winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday.
* IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.

Friday, August 10th, 2007

Photo by Janie Southard/The Daily Standard

City of Celina crews were busy for several hours this morning at the Mercer County Fairgrounds cleaning up damage from Thursday night's storm. A few trees were downed in the high winds, one falling on a new Ford truck belonging to a ride company employee. In the camping area more than a few awnings did not survive the wind.

Related online story:

Severe thunderstorms cause power outages, down trees

A severe thunderstorm with straight-line winds rocked Celina late Thursday afternoon, downing several large trees at the Mercer County Fairgrounds and causing power outages in the southeast and west portions of the city. [More]

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