Articles About tornado

• ‘Like a war zone’ | Yellow Springs residents remember the 1974 Xenia tornado

  By Reilly DixonApril 9, 2024

  

  This year, grim memories of the Xenia tornado turn 50. To mark the occasion, the News talked to several dozen current and former local residents who shared their stories of that fateful and fearful day, what came after and how they were — and continue to be — affected.

• Off line

  By YS News StaffMarch 22, 2024

  

  A storm that passed over the village during a tornado warning early Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, resulted in a loss of electric power throughout Yellow Springs, beginning at about 4:30 a.m.

• Light show

  By Suzanne SzempruchJune 28, 2021

  

  Late in the evening of Friday, June 18, a turbulent storm blew through the region. The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for several areas throughout Southwestern Ohio, including Greene County.

• A tornadic near-miss Monday

  By Lauren ShowsJune 6, 2019

  

  Around 11 p.m. on Monday, May 27, Yellow Springs residents were roused from their beds by the whine of tornado sirens as the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for Yellow Springs.

• Couple saved in morning fire

  By Carol Simmons

  

  Lightning was the likely cause of an early morning house fire Tuesday, May 28, that sent three Yellow Springs residents to the hospital, fire Chief Colin Altman said this week.

• Yellow Springs missed by tornado, hit by hail

  By YS News StaffMay 28, 2019

  

  Extreme weather on Monday evening, May 27, put a damp and scary ending to the Memorial Day holiday weekend.