Blizzard Warning
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
WED DEC 26 2012
.A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST AND SKIM THE
SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A POTENT WINTER
STORM TO THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED WELL NORTHWEST
OF THE LOW TRACK. CLOSER TO THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER…A MIX OF
SNOW AND RAIN IS EXPECTED…MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AT
TIMES.
(FOR THESE COUNTIES) WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-
LOGAN-UNION OH-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…RICHMOND…CONNERSVILLE…LIBERTY…
KENTON…CELINA…WAPAKONETA…GREENVILLE…SIDNEY…
BELLEFONTAINE…MARYSVILLE…PIQUA…URBANA…SPRINGFIELD…
EATON…DAYTON
WED DEC 26 2012
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY…
* HAZARD TYPES…HEAVY SNOW AND WINDY CONDITIONS.
* ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 8 TO 10 INCHES.
* TIMING…SNOW IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP BEFORE DAYBREAK
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TONIGHT. THE
HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS
MORNING AND LAST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON.
* WINDS…NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE UPPER 20S WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE TEENS.
* IMPACTS…EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
DUE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
NEAR ZERO IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STRONG WINDS MAY DOWN
POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS…CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. LARGE
DRIFTS COULD MAKE SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
REMEMBER…A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND…OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR…WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT
TIMES. CHECK WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR CURRENT ROAD CONDITIONS.
RESEARCHERS MOVING INTO DUPONT PIONEER’S NEW $1.8 MILLION DOLLAR IN FACILITY IN URBANA. THE LOCAL PROPERTY TO BE THE COMPANY’S ONLY PERMANENT CORN RESEARCH FACILITY IN OHIO, SAYS THE NEWS SUN REPORT. TERRY HOWELL, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY AND WHOSE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY BUILT THE SITE, SAYS CONSTRUCTION CREWS COMPLETING THE 25,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY. DUPONT PIONEER WILL USE THE PROPERTY TO STUDY HOW SEVERAL VARIETIES OF CORN SEED REACT WITH SOIL IN OHIO AND IN OTHER STATES, WITH 7 FULL-TIME JOBS EXPECTED, ALONG WITH A PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, WITH FUTURE EXPANSIONS ALSO POSSIBLE.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM ALL OF US AT WEEC! IT’S THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, WITH TODAY TYPICALLY THE BIGGEST DAY OF THE YEAR FOR STORE RETURNS, ALTHOUGH THE EXPECTED WINTER STORM COULD AFFECT THAT. THIS YEAR, RETAILERS ESTIMATE THEY’LL LOSE NEARLY $3 MILLION DOLLARS DUE TO FRAUD DURING THE HOLIDAYS, WHICH IS 17 PERCENT LESS THAN LAST YEAR’S HOLIDAY SEASON. AN ANNUAL RETURN FRAUD SURVEY FROM THE NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION REPORTS NEARLY 5 PERCENT OF HOLIDAY RETURNS ARE FRAUDULENT.
MANAGER OF MERCY WELL CHILD PEDIATRICS, DEB DUNHAM, SAYS RENOVATION OF THE FORMER BIG BEAR GROCERY STORE ON PATRICK AVENUE INTO A FULL-TIME SERVICE PEDIATRIC CENTER COULD BE FINISHED IN ABOUT A MONTH IN URBANA. THE PEDIATRICS CENTER, NOW OPERATES AT MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, WILL MOVE INTO THE RENOVATED BUILDING IN ORDER TO OFFER MORE SPACE TO SERVE ITS GROWING LIST OF PATIENTS. THE GROWING CENTER OFFERS A RANGE OF CLIENT SERVICES, SERVING THOSE FROM BIRTH TO 21 YEARS OF AGE, SAYS OFFICIALS FROM COMMUNITY MERCY HEALTH PARTNERS.
(FROM DAYTON DAILY NEWS) New FBI statistics show that 72 law enforcement officers were killed criminally in the line of duty in 2011, making it the highest number of police deaths nationally since 1995.
The numbers rose from 41 in 2008 to 48 in 2009 to 56 in 2010
Four of the officer deaths in 2011 were in Ohio, including Clark County Sheriff’s Deputy Suzanne Hopper and Sgt. Brian Dulle of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. Hopper, 40, was killed in a Jan. 1, 2011 shootout with a suspect at Enon Beach Mobile Home Park. Dulle, 36, was killed May 10, 2011 when he was struck by a suspect’s vehicle while deploying stop-sticks on U.S. 42. The four deaths in Ohio were the most since 1997.
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — A corps of canines roams the hallways of Wright-Patterson Medical Center, a prescription of sorts for what ails patients – and staff.
Pet therapy dogs, from the Miami Valley Pet Therapy Association, have brought bedside comfort to patients and to passersby who snap pictures with smart phone cameras and reach to pet the animals as they scurry down hallways with a human entourage in tow.
At last count, with 20 dogs in the ranks, the program is considered the largest of its kind in the Air Force, officials said
WEEC SPORTS – WEDNESDAY 12-26-12:
NBA: L.A. LAKERS 100 N.Y. KNICKS 94, MIAMI 103 OKLAHOMA CITY 97, L.A. CLIPPERS 112 DENVER 100.
TONIGHT: 7PM: CHICAGO AT INDIANA, CLEVELAND AT WASHINGTON.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE HAWAII BOWL: SMU 43 FRESNO STATE 10.
TONIGHT 7:30PM: LITTLE CAESARS PIZZA, CENTRAL MICHIGAN VS. WESTERN KENTUCKY.
THURSDAY: 3PM: INDEPENDENCE BOWL, SAN JOSE STATE VS. BOWLING GREEN, 6:30PM: CINCINNATI VS. DUKE, AND 9:45PM: BAYLOR VS. UCLA.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL: ARIZONA 68 SAN DIEGO STATE 67, INDIANA STATE 57 MIAMI, FLORIDA 55, COULD WE BE RETURNING TO THE DAYS OF LARRY BIRD AND CARL NIX IN TERRE HAUTE? SATURDAY: DAYTON 77 MURRAY STATE 68, CINCINNATI STAYS UNBEATEN, DEFEATING WRIGHT STATE 68-58, KANSAS 74 OHIO STATE 66 IN A BATTLE OF TOP TEN TEAMS IN COLUMBUS.
NFL: DENVER 34 CLEVELAND 12, INDIANAPOLIS 20 KANSAS CITY 13, CINCINNATI 13 PITTSBURGH 10, THE BENGALS CLINCH THE NO. 6 SEED IN THE PLAYOFFS, MAKE IT TO THE POSTSEASON FOR THE 2ND YEAR IN A ROW!
SUNDAY 1PM: CLEVELAND AT PITTSBURGH, BALTIMORE AT CINCINNATI, HOUSTON AT INDIANAPOLIS.
THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CANCELS ALL GAMES THROUGH JANUARY 14TH AS THE LOCKOUT CONTINUES, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
IN BASEBALL, THE CLEVELAND INDIANS SIGN FORMER YANKEE AND OHIO STATE STAR NICK SWISHER TO A 4-YEAR, $56 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT.
SATURDAY, HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: BEAVERCREEK 69 FAIRBORN 55, BETHEL 59 NATIONAL TRAIL 45, BOTKINS 55 RIVERSIDE 53, GRAHAM 59 PONITZ TECH 49, GREENEVIEW 61 MADEIRA 56, MIAMI EAST 56 LEHMAN CATHOLIC 52, MINSTER 57 ANNA 56 OT, NORTHEASTERN 60 TRIAD 50, SHAWNEE 55 TROY 54, SOUTHEASTERN 55 MECHANICSBURG 54 OT, STIVERS 80 YELLOW SPRINGS 68, TECUMSEH 49 GREENVILLE 46, TROY CHRISTIAN 72 MISSISSINAWA VALLEY 54, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 59 KENTON RIDGE 58 OT. FRIDAY: NORTHMONT 56 SPRINGFIELD 34, ONLY THE ‘CATS FALL TO 6-2, SAYS THE NEWS SUN.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL: TECUMSEH 69 BELLEFONTAINE 66, WEST LIBERTY-SALEM 46 NORTHEASTERN 34, BENJAMIN LOGAN 70 NORTHWESTERN 33, GREENON 59 URBANA 39, TRIAD 62 CATHOLIC CENTRAL 42, MECHANICSBURG 44 SOUTHEASTERN 27, GRAHAM OVER EMMANUEL CHRISTIAN, ANNA 51 MIAMI EAST 43, SAYS PEAKOFOHIO.COM.
