Special Weather Statement issued April 29 at 5:02PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 459 PM EDT, gusty showers were located along a line extending from near Ada to near Northridge, moving east at 25 mph. Some of these showers are capable of producing funnel clouds and isolated thunder.
HAZARD...Funnel clouds and wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include... Marysville, Bellefontaine, Urbana, Kenton, Ada, Plain City, Richwood, St. Paris, West Liberty, Mechanicsburg, North Lewisburg, Forest, Russells Point, De Graff, Lakeview, Dunkirk, Alger, Belle Center, West Mansfield, and Chippewa Park.
Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the National Weather Service.
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a sturdy building.
To report hazardous weather conditions, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.
Today 60° Today 60° likely 39° 39° slight chance Tomorrow 56° Tomorrow 56° 39° 39°
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Gladys Fledderjohann
Former New Knoxville resident Gladys Fledderjohann, 90, died Jan. 15, 2012, at Elmwood Assisted Living, New Bremen.
She was born Oct. 16, 1921, to Vernon and Ella Vordermark Stroh. On May 25, 1941, she married Vernon Fledderjohann, who is deceased.
Surviving are four children, Linda (David) Michael, Madison, Wis., Larry (Paula) Fledderjohann, New Knoxville, Nancy Archer, Sidney, and Jay (Dee) Fledderjohann, New Knoxville; two brothers, Harold (Edith) Stroh, Wapakoneta, and Ralph (Barbara) Stroh, New Knoxville; a sister-in-law, Jean Stroh, Mansfield; nine grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a brother, Rolland Stroh.
She was a 1939 graduate of New Knoxville High School. She was a member of First United Church of Christ, New Knoxville. She was a homemaker, 4-H advisor, volunteer poll worker and a member of the church guild.
Services are 1 p.m. Friday at the church, the Rev. David Michael officiating. Burial will follow in Pilger Ruhe Cemetery, New Knoxville.
Calling is 4-7 p.m. Thursday in the ministry center of the church.
Memorials may be made to Grand Lake Home Health.
Condolences may be left at millerfuneralhomes.net.
Arrangements are being handled by Vornholt-Miller Funeral Home, New Knoxville.
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