Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 12:40PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
FRANKLIN
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLINTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BLANCHESTER, BROOKVILLE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILMINGTON, AND XENIA.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 12:32PM EDT until August 11 at 1:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Shelby County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Preble County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Southern Mercer County in west central Ohio... Western Miami County in west central Ohio...
* Until 115 PM EDT.
* At 1232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Portland, moving southeast at 50 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Broadcast media.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Locations impacted include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, Greenville, Tipp City, West Milton, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, St. Henry, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Union City, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery, Pleasant Hill, and Ansonia.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 70 and 99.
Flood Watch issued August 11 at 12:05PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, 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 into Wednesday morning. 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.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 66° 66° chance Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° slight chance slight chance 66° 66° chance likely
Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
Obituaries on March 16th, 2022
Guillermo "Willie" Luna, Jr., age 69, formerly of Celina, died on March 14, 2022 at his residence in Marion, Ohio. [More]
David "Whitey" Hogrefe, 86, of St. Marys, OH died Sunday February 27, 2022 at his residence. [More]
Constance A. Good, age 68, of St. Henry, died on Monday, March 14, 2022, at Van Wert Manor in Van Wert. [More]
Michael Albert Selby, age 75, of Wapakoneta, Ohio, passed away on March 10, 2022 at his home in Wapakoneta. [More]
Paul L. Poeppelman, 92, Fort Loramie, died March 12, 2022, at Elmwood Assisted [More]
Stories on March 16th, 2022
MINSTER - The village has been approved for a $500,000 federal grant to help fund a $1.03 million playground project in town, council members learned at their meeting Tuesday. [More]
Firm receives award for water treatment tech
CELINA - A Cincinnati firm has won a national award for its contributions to a new process that filters water from Grand Lake to provide drinking water for the city's 10,000-plus residents. [More]
ROCKFORD - Rockford village council hired a part-time parks manager but tabled a resolution on new park rental rates at their Tuesday night meeting.
Council also approved an ordinance barring vehicles from parking on residential lawns and public sidewalks.
CELINA - Mercer County commissioners on Tuesday approved sheriff Jeff Grey's request to replace a finger printing system in the jail that reportedly was damaged when an inmate passed out on the machine.
ST. HENRY - St. Henry Local Schools board of education members earlier this week discussed but took no action on preparations for teacher contract negotiations following an hour-long executive session.
Mercer County's unemployment rate worsened to 3% in January, an increase from December's rate of 2.1%.
However, the county kept its status as secon
CELINA - Celina High School Assistant Principal Derek Wenning was promoted to athletic director at Monday night's regular school board member.
Al
ST. HENRY - A local development company has plans to develop about 37 resident lots on the north side of town.
Village administrator Stan Sutter said Tuesday a developer from RND Development LLC, St. Henry, spoke about the proposed project during Monday's village council meeting.
COLDWATER - Coldwater school board members heard from Tri Star Director Tim Buschor during their meeting Tuesday.
Buschor discussed ongoing research into TriStar possibly becoming a stand-alone school, responsible for its own funding, programs and employee hiring.
Local pictures on March 16th, 2022