Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 5:46PM EDT until June 18 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SVRILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 545 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Bluffton to 10 miles north of Hagerstown, moving northeast at 60 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Greenville, Celina, Coldwater, Versailles, St. Henry, Bradford, Union City, Fort Recovery, Ansonia, Rockford, Webster, Wabash, Wayne Lakes, Mendon, Gettysburg, Osgood, Chickasaw, Burkettsville, North Star, and Rossburg.
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 18 at 4:51PM EDT until June 18 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 437 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING 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 12 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
LEWIS
IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY
BOONE BRACKEN CAMPBELL CARROLL GALLATIN GRANT KENTON MASON OWEN PENDLETON ROBERTSON
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, AUGUSTA, AURORA, BATESVILLE, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BELLEVUE, BLANCHESTER, BRIGHT, BROOKSVILLE, BROOKVILLE, BURLINGTON, BUTLER, CAMDEN, CAMP DIX, CARROLLTON, CELINA, CHILLICOTHE, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, COVINGTON, CRITTENDEN, DAY HEIGHTS, DAYTON, DELAWARE, DILLSBORO, DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, DRY RIDGE, EATON, ERLANGER, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FALMOUTH, FLORENCE, FORT THOMAS, FRANKLIN, GEORGETOWN, GREENDALE, GREENFIELD, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, HEAD OF GRASSY, HIDDEN VALLEY, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, HILLSBORO, INDEPENDENCE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LAWRENCEBURG, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LOGAN, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MAYSVILLE, MIDDLETOWN, MILAN, MILFORD, MINSTER, MOUNT CARMEL, MOUNT OLIVET, MOUNT ORAB, MOUNT REPOSE, MULBERRY, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, NEWPORT, OAKBROOK, OSGOOD, OWENTON, OXFORD, PEEBLES, PICKERINGTON, PIKE LAKE, PIKETON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, PORTSMOUTH, RICHMOND, RIPLEY, RISING SUN, SEAMAN, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, SUMMERSIDE, TIPP CITY, TOLLESBORO, TROY, URBANA, VANCEBURG, VERSAILLES, VEVAY, WAPAKONETA, WARSAW, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WAVERLY, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WEST UNION, WHEELERSBURG, WILLIAMSTOWN, WILMINGTON, WINCHESTER, WITHAMSVILLE, AND XENIA.
Today 85° Today 85° chance 66° 66° likely Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° chance 63° 63°
Monday, September 10th, 2012
By Nancy Allen
GRAND LAKE - Sunday's drive-it-yourself public tour highlighting activities aimed at improving Grand Lake's water quality was a success, an organizer said.
About 150 people visited each of the eight stops, Nikki Hawk, district administrator/education specialist with the Mercer County Soil and Water Conservation District, said. [More]
World 100
By Mike Ernst
ROSSBURG - In 2002, virtual unknown Brian Birkhofer made one of the most famous passes in dirt late model history when he passed Scott Bloomquist with the "slide job heard around the World" in the final corner of the final lap to win the World 100 at Eldora Speedway. [More]
By Gary R. Rasberry
VERSAILLES - Coldwater countered Versailles' hot start at the re-start of Friday's suspended game on Saturday by scoring at the end of the first half and at the start of the second half on the way to a 21-7 victory over the Tigers at Hole Field in the Midwest Athletic Conference lidlifter for both teams. [More]
Obituaries on September 10th, 2012
Dorothy Mae Barber, 95, Mendon, died Sept. 7, 2012, at Colonial Nursing Home, Rockford. [More]
Paul R. Maltinsky, 92, formerly of Minster, died at 5:20 a.m. Sept. 8, 2012, at Elmwood of New Bremen. [More]
Othmar J. Homan, 83, Maria Stein, died at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8, 2012, at his residence. [More]
Donna J. Schell, 44, St. Marys, died at 3:50 a.m. Sept. 9, 2012, at Golden Living Center, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on September 10th, 2012
Subscriber stories on September 10th, 2012
CELINA - Mercer County's bicentennial barn is being dismantled one piece at a time, but the hand-painted logo that drew considerable interest over the years may reappear in some fashion.
ST. MARYS - The Ohio Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a St. Marys man who was convicted of beating to death a man outside a bar two years ago.
GREENVILLE - A motorcyclist remains in critical condition after his vehicle was struck by a car at the intersection of Childrens Home Bradford Road and U.S. 127 on Saturday morning.
DEFIANCE - With just 4:13 remaining in its suspended game against Defiance, Celina's football team needed a defensive stand on Saturday afternoon to earn its first Western Buckeye League win of the season.
MINSTER - When Friday night's game was suspended with the Minster Wildcats leading the New Bremen Cardinals 21-0 in the second quarter, everything was going Minster's way.
ROCKFORD - After a shaky start on Friday night, the Marion Local Flyers roared to life less than a day later to finish the postponed game against the Parkway Panthers.
Local Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Celina's girls soccer team scored early and often to improve to 5-2 on the season following an 11-1 win over Greenville on Saturday night at the Soccer Stadium.
Local Football Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Luke MacLennan's five-run scoring run in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner as St. John's picked up a