Tornado Warning issued May 7 at 7:46PM EDT until May 7 at 8:15PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
TORILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Tornado Warning for... Southern Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 815 PM EDT.
* At 746 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Fort Recovery, moving east at 35 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... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Wabash, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Neptune, Carthagena, and Maria Stein.
Special Weather Statement issued May 7 at 7:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 740 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Fort Recovery, moving east at 50 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 45 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Hail may cause minor damage to vegetation.
Locations impacted include... Celina, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, New Knoxville, Moulton, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Buckland, Montezuma, Kossuth, Tama, Neptune, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Carthagena, and Bulkhead.
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.
Today 78° Today 78° slight chance 59° 59° chance Tomorrow 80° Tomorrow 80° 58° 58°
Friday, December 10th, 2021
By Tom Millhouse
CHICKASAW - Councilors at their meeting Wednesday voted to authorize an engineering firm to seek bids on the village's long-awaited $2.1 million infrastructure improvement project.
Access Engineering will advertise for bids in early January and Mercer County commissioners will open the bids on Jan. 20. The county is handling the bidding process. [More]
By Dave Stilwell
NEW BREMEN - Minster jumped out to a six-point lead at the end of the first quarter and ended up winning by six points. In between, the margin never wavered by more than four points.
The Wildcats employed some pressure defense to protect their early lead and posted a 47-41 victory over Midwest Athletic Conference rival New Bremen in a girls basketball game Thursday evening at the Cardinal Gymnasium. [More]
Obituaries on December 10th, 2021
Linda J. Stone, age 62, of Celina, Ohio passed away on December 8, 2021 at her residence. [More]
Shirley Ann Rhyne, age 85, of Celina, passed away peacefully at the Miller Place in Celina on December 8, 2021 at 8:27 am. [More]
Owen F. Gilbert, 82, of St. Marys, OH died 7:48 p.m. Monday December 6, 2021 at his residence. [More]
Wanda P. (Dock) Young, age 95, of Celina, passed away peacefully at her home in Celina on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 10:48 am. [More]
Local pictures on December 10th, 2021
Subscriber stories on December 10th, 2021
CELINA - Mercer Soil and Water Conservation District officials on Thursday bid farewell to Steve Heckler and Theresa Howick, whose terms expire at the end of the month.
CELINA - Mercer County Engineer Jim Wiechart said his office has a full slate of work planned for 2020, including replacing the Wabash Road bridge, continuing shoulder widening with side ditch layovers and chip-and-sealing 100 miles of county and township roads.
WAPAKONETA - Auglazie County Health Department officials in a Wednesday news release reported 48 new cases of COVID-19 in the county since their last update on Tuesday, raising the county's cumulative number of cases to 5,425.
Flyers force turnovers in win over St. Henry
ST. HENRY - Marion Local's defense got rolling midway through the second quarter, and the offense followed right along.
The Flyers forced St. Henr
NEW KNOXVILLE - New Knoxville surrendered the first seven points of the game, but hardly gave an inch the rest of the way.
The Rangers took the lea
Area Roundup
Compiled By Tom Haines
Celina surrendered 20 points in the first quarter on the way to a 49-32 loss at Van Wert in a Western Buckeye League girls basketball game on Thursday.
Medina quarterback Drew Allar was named the 2021 Ohio's Mr. Football by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association on Thursday, capping off the final postseason honors along with the Division I All-Ohio teams.