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.
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
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Scott Nally, second from right, director of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, takes part in a news conference Wednesday at Wright State University-Lake Campus to discuss Grand Lake. To his left are Jim Zehringer, director of Ohio Department of Natural Resources, and Tony Forshey, interim director of Ohio Department of Agriculture and state veterinarian. To Nally's right is George Elmaraghy, chief of OEPA Division of Surface Water. Also present were Karl Gebhardt, director of the state's Division of Soil and Water Resources; Gene Phillips, chief of the Bureau of Environmental Health at the Ohio Department of Health; and Glen Cobb, deputy director of Recreation and Resource Management.

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