Tornado Warning issued May 7 at 8:24PM EDT until May 7 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
TORILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for... Northeastern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Logan County in west central Ohio... Auglaize County in west central Ohio... East central Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 PM EDT.
* At 824 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near New Bremen, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
* Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Fort Shawnee, New Bremen, Cridersville, Botkins, Lakeview, New Knoxville, Waynesfield, Moulton, Chickasaw, Uniopolis, Kettlersville, Fryburg, St. Johns, Bulkhead, and New Hampshire.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 104 and 118.
Tornado Watch issued May 7 at 6:01PM EDT until May 8 at 1:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 197 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 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.
Tornado Warning issued May 7 at 8:32PM EDT until May 7 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 832 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near St. Marys, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is likely.
Locations impacted include... Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Moulton, Buckland, and Bulkhead.
59° 59° likely Wed 80° Wed 80° 57° 57° Thu 64° Thu 64°
Wednesday, April 1st, 2015

Bulldogs' Donovan no-hits Wildcats in 10-0 win

By Gary R. Rasberry
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Celina's Zoey Lockwood throws to first baseman Haley McGillvary for the out during Tuesday's game with Minster. The Bulldogs posted their second straight run-rule win beating the Wildcats 10-0 in six innings.

CELINA - Melody Donovan didn't just baffle Minster batters from the pitching circle, she swung some heavy aluminum as well.
The Celina pitcher threw a no-hitter and drove in three runs, two on a home run, as the Bulldogs improved to 2-0 with a 10-0 win in six innings over the Wildcats at Eastview Park.
One of Donovan's goals was getting a no-hitter this season and she performed the task in strong fashion, walking just one batter and striking out five. Two errors provided for the only other Minster baserunners in the game.
"That was one of her main goals this year, her No. 1," Celina coach Nicole Driggs said of Donovan. "I was impressed with her composure against (Minster's) 1-5 batters (in the lineup). You can tell they're good hitters. ... I was happy to see (Donovan) keep her focus one pitch at a time. Can't ask for a better job than that. She had an awesome game. Proud of her."
"We didn't get off the bus ready to play today," Minster coach Scott Robinson said. "Not a good day for us. We're young, and you're going to have that if you're as young as we are. We'll take it with a grain of salt and move on."
Donovan provided the game-winning runs in the bottom of the second. Maria Donovan led off with a walk. Two groundouts back to Minster pitcher Rachel Wehrman later, Donovan knocked a Wehrman offering over the centerfield fence to open the scoring.
Insurance, and plenty of it, came in the third inning as Celina sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs. A pair of Minster errors resulted in five of the six runs being unearned. Melody Donovan added an RBI single, while Maria Donovan and Steph Walter added RBI singles of their own.
"That big inning was a team effort," Driggs said. "That's what I like to see. We haven't been outside on dirt (before the season) and didn't have a scrimmage. It was nice to see."
Wehrman made it through the fourth and fifth innings unscatched, but Carly Post started the bottom of the sixth by reaching on an error. Alexis Zacharias, hitless after hitting two home runs on Monday, collected her first hit with a single to center, with Post coming around to score on an error. Zacharias ended the game by stealing third and coming home on an errant throw.
"(Wehrman) shut us down for a couple of innings," Driggs said. "I was happy when we came out and closed it down in the sixth."
"I thought she pitched well," Robinson said of Wehrman. "She's going to be good for us this year. We just have to play defense. Last night we played good defense against a good team and didn't give up unearned runs. It's hard to do against a veteran team like Celina that can hit."
Both teams are back in action Thursday, Celina travels to Rockford to face 2-0 Parkway and Minster hosts Lincolnview at Four Seasons Park.
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Melody Donovan pitched a no-hitter and hit a two-run home run to help Celina beat Minster 10-0.

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

Minster's Regan Hahn fields a ball Tuesday night.

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