Category: Weather

Weather by Joshua Steiner

INDOT prepares for winter storm, urges adjustments to holiday travel

The Indiana Department of Transportation is preparing for a major winter storm expected to impact the state starting Thursday. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued winter storm warnings for much of Indiana starting Thursday afternoon through at least Friday, depending upon location. Blizzard warnings have been issued for counties bordering Lake Michigan. NWS is…

ODOT preparing for winter storm

BOWLING GREEN (Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022) – A winter storm is looming, looking to disrupt travel for the Christmas holiday. Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews in District 1 and District 2, which includes 16 counties throughout northwest Ohio, are preparing by checking trucks and all equipment; and organizing full-time, auxiliary, and seasonal employees to…

Early June Storm Damage From the Area

On Wednesday June 1st, at 6:55 p.m., the National Weather Service in Northern Indiana, issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Paulding County. As the storm cell entered southwest of Payne it intensified into a much stronger cell, with damaging winds and rotation in the storm. Damage started to be reported in the Payne area as…

FLOODING IN PAULDING COUNTY

Friday of last week there were reports of rain fall that accumulated to over 6” of rain. Paulding had standing water rise from Blue Creek and Flat Rock Creek. The fields tiling has increased the volume of water arriving at ditches, creeks and water in a certain amount of time. Housing areas were also flooded…

EMA: Storm Damage in Paulding County

Ed Bohn, Paulding County EMA sent in a field report that at 6:27pm tonight a weather event damaged a livestock barn, a addition under construction to a house and overturned a westbound semi on US 24, all this occurred near the intersection of Paulding County Road 143 and US 24, in the northeastern part of…

Level 2 Road Advisory Issued for Paulding County

ROAD ADVISORY  Paulding County Sheriff Jason K. Landers has issued a Level 2 Road Advisory for Paulding County. This Level 2 Road Advisory means that roadways are hazardous with blowing and drifting snow and most of the roadways could be icy. Only those individuals who feel it is necessity to travel should be on the…

Northwest Ohio Windbreak Program

By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD With the occurrence of less fence rows and wooded areas along with tillage, farms across Ohio are losing more and more soil each year due to erosion. As many of us might know, it takes over 500 years to build just one inch of topsoil through the process of weathering.…

Wet Micro Burst in Haviland

The Village of Haviland suffered a direct hit of a weather related “Wet Micro Burst” July 26, 2018 at 4:46 pm. The NWS is estimating the winds in excess of 50 to 60 MPH. Custom Assembly, Inc. on the west side of the village, suffered heavy damage to multiple buildings,  Haviland Tile, Inc. had a…

“Wet Micro Burst” hits the Village of Haviland

The Village of Haviland suffered a direct hit of a weather related  at 4:46 pm. The NWS is estimating the winds in excess of 50 to 60 MPH. Custom Assembly, Inc. on the west side of the village, suffered heavy damage to multiple buildings,  Haviland Tile, Inc. had a number of their storage piles of PVC Drainage tile…

USDA Offers Support to People and Communities Affected by California Wildfires

Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett announced that USDA is making resources available to help rural people and communities recover from the effects of California wildfires. “While the full extent of damage from the current wildfires is not yet known, USDA Rural Development is committed to supporting the recovery of impacted rural…

How Forecasting Really Works

By: Joshua Steiner Forecasting is a process that is often thought of as a guessing game by non-meteorologists (and many meteorologists alike). And in some instances, this is correct. But for the most part, the science of meteorology has gained tremendous ground within the last fifty years, in scientific discovery, in observation networks and platforms…