Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 22 at 5:43PM EDT until March 23 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 73 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT 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 3 COUNTIES
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE CAMPBELL KENTON
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 32 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
ADAMS HIGHLAND PIKE ROSS SCIOTO
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, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:14PM EDT until March 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Logan County in west central Ohio... Hardin County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Auglaize County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 813 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bluffton to near Wapakoneta, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...Half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, Kenton, Ada, Fort Shawnee, Cridersville, Forest, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Blanchard, Roundhead, Mount Victory, Mcguffey, Ridgeway, Uniopolis, Patterson, and Dola.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 118.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 22 at 8:00PM EDT until March 22 at 8:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 759 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Spencerville In Allen County, moving east at 65 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, Waynesfield, Buckland, Uniopolis, Kossuth, and State Route 116 at State Route 197.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 114 and 118.
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Thursday, March 7th, 2019

Semi plows into home

No injuries reported

By Sydney Albert
Photo by Dan Melograna/The Daily Standard

A mother and her two children were unharmed when a semitrailer crashed into their house at 11141 U.S. 127 near Mendon on Wednesday morning. Also see an online photo album.

MENDON - Nobody was seriously injured after a semitrailer veered off U.S. 127 and into a house, crashing through part of a living room and bedroom on Wednesday morning.
Mercer County Sheriff's deputies, Rockford Fire Department and emergency medical squads from Rockford and Celina were called to 11141 U.S. 127 at about 8:29 a.m. on a report of a semitrailer that had veered off the road, run through a ditch and a field and into a house.
Mercer County Sheriff's Chief Deputy Gery Thobe told the newspaper that Mark McGurk, 52, Toledo, had been traveling northbound on U.S. 127 when he reportedly had a "coughing spell," which caused him to lose control of his truck and go off the left side of the road.
McGurk's truck came to a rest in the home of Johnny and Raeh Harrod and their two young children. Raeh Harrod reportedly was dressing the children on a bed when the cab of the truck came through the house, lodging itself halfway between the bedroom and the living room. The house had been moved about a foot off its foundation by the impact, Thobe said.
Raeh Harrod and the children were removed from the house without injury.
McGurk initially reported no injuries, but later reported dizziness and was tended to by emergency medical personnel at the scene.
Thobe said deputies were on scene for about five hours, but he believes the stability of the house was still being evaluated late Wednesday afternoon. Emergency responders were able to remove the cab of the truck from the house, but Thobe said the house was not safe and might need to be destroyed. He believed the Harrods were staying with relatives in the area.
McGurk was cited by the Mercer County sheriff's deputies for failure to control, but Thobe also said state highway patrol troopers had cited him for driving while ill.
Photo by Dan Melograna/The Daily Standard

Johnny Harrod comforts his wife, Raeh, as they walk back into their home to collect valuables after a semitrailer veered off the road, ran through a ditch and a field and into their home Wednesday morning. Also see an online photo album.

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St. Marys board approves plan for next school year
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Mercer County
CELINA - Mercer County Board of Elections members this week reorganized, switching the roles of its two directors.
At this week's special reorganization meeting, Deb Sneddon was named director and Laura Bruns deputy director.
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WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County Board of Elections officials and a board member were sworn in during a Wednesday morning reorganizational meeting.
  Member Brent Henschen was sworn in for another four-year term after the Auglaize County Democratic Party in January reappointed him to the board.
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