Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued September 5 at 2:36AM EDT until September 5 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 655 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FRANKLIN LICKING UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN HARDIN LOGAN MERCER SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BELLEFONTAINE, CELINA, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, KENTON, LANCASTER, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, SIDNEY, ST. MARYS, URBANA, AND WAPAKONETA.
Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 3:06AM EDT until September 5 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...East Central Auglaize County in west central Ohio... North Central Champaign County in west central Ohio... Western Logan County in west central Ohio... Northeastern Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 600 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 306 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Bellefontaine, West Liberty, Jackson Center, Russells Point, De Graff, Lakeview, Chippewa Park, Huntsville, Valley Hi, Mcmorran, Lewistown, Logansville, Bloom Center, Springhills and Lippincott.
69° 69° chance Sat 84° Sat 84° chance slight chance 60° 60° chance Sun 79° Sun 79°
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
Carl Metzger Jr.
Former St. Marys resident Carl Metzger Jr., 79, of Sebring, Fla., died Dec. 16, 2007, at Florida Hospital, Orlando.
He was born May 17, 1928, in Columbus, to Carl and Mabel Smart Metzger. On Dec. 23, 1950, he married Beatrice Overley, who survives.
Other survivors are a son, Dennis (Emma), St. Marys; two daughters, Connie (Eldon Jr.) Stolzenburg and Annemarie (Robert) Stolzenburg, all of St. Marys; a brother, Joseph (Ivy), Wapakoneta; a sister, Sally (Donet) Shaw, Wapakoneta; and seven grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers, Jim, Jerry and Franklin; and a sister, Flossie Minnich.
He retired as a production worker at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., St. Marys. A U.S. Navy veteran, he was a member of Wayne Street United Methodist Church and Veterans of Foreign Wars, both of St. Marys, and the Computer Club of Sebring.
Services are 11 a.m. Thursday at Miller-Long and Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys. Burial is at Resthaven Memory Gardens, St. Marys.
Calling is after 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Foundation or the American Heart Fund.
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