Memorial Day Tornadoes: How Celina continues rebuilding 4 years after tornado outbreak
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Memorial Day Tornadoes: How Celina continues rebuilding 4 years after tornado outbreak Saturday will mark four years since the Memorial Day Tornado outbreak and among those areas hit was Celina.
ByWHIO Staff
CELINA — Saturday will mark four years since the Memorial Day Tornado outbreak.
Four years later, Bedell says the neighborhood is just about rebuilt and there are new homes popping up.
Ray Kramer has been working on spreading out a final bag of mulch, touching up his garden. He and his wife Valerie are hoping for a quieter Memorial Day weekend than the one four years ago.
“We heard the noise, the windows breaking and very loud didn’t last very long,” she said. “And then an eerie quiet afterward.”
“To watch people that maybe didn’t speak to each other normally or maybe they had a grudge against a neighbor, you didn’t see any of that,” said Jeff Hazel, Celina Mayor. “They were right there helping each other.”
Menchhofer was sleeping when the storm hit. His wife was watching News Center 7 and woke him up.
“McCall. Yes. She came on and she started saying ‘people in Celina take cover because it’s coming right at you.,” he said. “And within like 30 seconds after we were in the basement, he hit it just like that. It was over.”
After all the destruction in their community and to have one death and only one serious injury in Celina, folks like the Kramers say they still feel fortunate four years later.
“Definitely feel God was watching over us,” said Ray.
Bedell says there is a two-part memorial people see every time they leave the Wheatland Acres neighborhood in Celina.
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What Celina looks like 4 years after Memorial Day Tornadoes Photos from: John Bedell/Staff
What Celina looks like 4 years after Memorial Day Tornadoes Photos from: John Bedell/Staff
What Celina looks like 4 years after Memorial Day Tornadoes Photos from: John Bedell/Staff
What Celina looks like 4 years after Memorial Day Tornadoes Photos from: John Bedell/Staff
What Celina looks like 4 years after Memorial Day Tornadoes Photos from: John Bedell/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
MDT: Celina; Remembering the destruction, devastation 4 years later Photo from: A.J. Ewry/Staff
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Old north Dayton Paw Paw St. and Valley.
It appears that many garages in the alley between paw paw Street and Valley Street were demolished in the storms.
Staff photo by Ty Greenlees
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Family Dollar in North Dixie Harrison Township
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Old north Dayton Paw Paw St. and Valley.
It appears that many garages in the alley between paw paw Street and Valley Street were demolished in the storms.
Staff photo by Ty Greenlees
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Old north Dayton Paw Paw St. and Valley.
It appears that many garages in the alley between paw paw Street and Valley Street were demolished in the storms.
Staff photo by Ty Greenlees
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Old north Dayton Paw Paw St. and Valley.
It appears that many garages in the alley between paw paw Street and Valley Street were demolished in the storms.
Staff photo by Ty Greenlees
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Rivers Edge Apartments on Riverside Drive (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Jeremy Kelley/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Marshall Gorby/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Marshall Gorby/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Butler Twp. (Kelly Galloway/iWitness7)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Butler Twp. (Kelly Galloway/iWitness7)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue (Rick Drizzle McClaskie/iWitness7)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Marshall Gorby/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Marshall Gorby/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms (Marshall Gorby/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek (Gabrielle Enright/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek (Gabrielle Enright/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek (Gabrielle Enright/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek (Gabrielle Enright/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek (Gabrielle Enright/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Vanessa lay/iWitness7)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Vanessa lay/iWitness7)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Northridge area
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Northridge area
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Clayton area (Randy Sanders/iWitness7)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Clayton area (Randy Sanders/iWitness7)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Laura (Dara Sharp/iWitness7)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms The Living Room strip club, Rite Aid and Family Dollar were among the North Dixie Drive business damaged during a suspected tornado in Harrison Twp.
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms The Living Room strip club, Rite Aid and Family Dollar were among the North Dixie Drive business damaged during a suspected tornado in Harrison Twp.
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms The Living Room strip club, Rite Aid and Family Dollar were among the North Dixie Drive business damaged during a suspected tornado in Harrison Twp.
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Neighbors in Dayton's Deweese Ridgecrest neighborhood worked Tuesday to remove debris and repair damage caused by Monday's devastating storms.
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms The Living Room strip club, Rite Aid and Family Dollar were among the North Dixie Drive business damaged during a suspected tornado in Harrison Twp.
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Brookville area (Rachel Lavey Garver/iWitness7)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Brookville (Nicholas S. Graham/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms 84 Lumber on Poe Avenue in Vandalia (Emily Kronenberger/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Action Sports Center in Dayton (Ty Greenlees/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Riverside (Lydia Bice/Staff)
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PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damages at Beavercreek Former Abuelo's
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damages at Beavercreek Former Abuelo's
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damages at Beavercreek Former Abuelo's
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damages at Beavercreek Former Abuelo's
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Clean up at Beavercreek Mike's Carwash
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Overturned box truck in Beavercreek parking lot.
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Action Sports Center on Gateway Drive is closed indefinitely after substantial storm damage.
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms The yard of a house on Wolf Road in Trotwood was covered in tree branches and debris following severe storms and tornado damage.
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at BP station on Main Street
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Jeremy Davis' truck remained buried in tree branches following storm damage near his home near the intersection of Wolf Road and Goldenrod Court in Trotwood
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage off of Lakeview Dr. in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Roofs are gone on many of these houses including a small apartment complex off of McCrady where it looks like a lot of people trying to move their stuff out
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Roofs are gone on many of these houses including a small apartment complex off of McCrady where it looks like a lot of people trying to move their stuff out
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Roofs are gone on many of these houses including a small apartment complex off of McCrady where it looks like a lot of people trying to move their stuff out
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Roofs are gone on many of these houses including a small apartment complex off of McCrady where it looks like a lot of people trying to move their stuff out
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Roofs are gone on many of these houses including a small apartment complex off of McCrady where it looks like a lot of people trying to move their stuff out
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Family Dollar in North Dixie Harrison Township
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Family Dollar in North Dixie Harrison Township
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Family Dollar in North Dixie Harrison Township
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Living Room destroyed - Harrison township, North Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Living Room destroyed - Harrison township, North Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Living Room destroyed - Harrison township, North Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Living Room destroyed - Harrison township, North Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage between York Commons and Benchwood on N. Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage between York Commons and Benchwood on N. Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage between York Commons and Benchwood on N. Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage between York Commons and Benchwood on N. Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage between York Commons and Benchwood on N. Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage between York Commons and Benchwood on N. Dixie
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage off of Kessler Road
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Kessler street damage in Miami County
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Kessler street damage in Miami County
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Kessler street damage in Miami County
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Kessler street damage in Miami County
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Kessler street damage in Miami County
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at North Fairfield Road
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Beavercreek Aldi
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Road near River Edge Apartments
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Rivers Edge Apartments
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Down power lines near Rivers Edge Apartments
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Rivers Edge Apartments
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Rivers Edge Apartments
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Rivers Edge Apartments
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Danger near Troy Street, Dayton
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Roof torn off of Frito-Lay's distribution center in Dayton
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage on Troy Street in Dayton
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage on Troy Street, Dayton
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Frito-Lay's distribution center
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Debris in a tree off of Troy Street
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage at Primanti Bros in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Police keep watch on Troy Street at Kelly Ave, Dayton
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms People on Troy Street salvaging what they can from their house
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Damage in Beavercreek
PHOTOS: Daylight reveals widespread damage from Monday storms Team clean-up
In aftermath of tornadoes, here’s hoping some of Hara Arena survives Hara Arena after the recent tornado damage.