Flood Watch issued August 12 at 8:52PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, Owen, Pendleton and Robertson, and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...Through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Periods of thunderstorms are possible Thursday evening through the overnight hours. These storms could lead to additional flooding.
66° 66° slight chance Thu 81° Thu 81° patchy slight chance 66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° likely
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
Injury accident
Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

A heavily damaged 2003 Dodge Caravan awaits a tow truck following an accident at 9:17 a.m. Wednesday along St. Joe Road, west of Erastus-Durbin Road. Nancy J. Figel, 59, 2368 St. Joe Road, Fort Recovery, struck a parked 1986 Chevy truck while driving eastbound. Mark J. Schoenherr, 49, 2329 state Route 119, Fort Recovery, had parked the vehicle at the bottom of a hill and gone into a nearby woods. Figel and a passenger, 10-year-old Tristin J. Kunkler, of Portland, Ind., were taken by ambulance to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. Schoenherr was cited for parking on the roadway and his truck sustained moderate damage, according to Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports.

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