Thursday, April 21, 2011

Overnight Storm Causes Massive Damage in Mercer County

UPDATE (4/21 824am): the National Weather Service confirmed that it was in fact a tornado that caused the damage in Mercer County.

Click here for the DDN article

Original Post:

The storms overnight that likely caused some disruptions for light sleepers in the area also caused tangible damage in the area. Celina was hit very hard as can be seen in the video below from WHIOtv.com (click on the image to see the video).

According to a Dayton Daily News article, officials are still determining if an actual tornado was to blame, or just a severe storm with straight line winds.  Regardless, our thoughts are with the folks surveying the damage and hoping early reports of no injuries turn out to be accurate.


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