Flash Flood Warning issued September 17 at 6:06AM EDT until September 17 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
FFWILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 AM EDT.
* At 606 AM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Alvira Homan
Former Minster resident, Alvira R. Homan, 93, died at 12:10 a.m. Aug. 4, 2008, at Sunrise of Englewood.
She was born May 27, 1915, in St. Rose, to Frank and Anna Bomholt Stucke. On July 28, 1937, she married her first husband, Raymond F. Schwartz, who died Dec. 27, 1964. On Sept. 29, 1972, she married Raymond T. Homan, who died Nov. 26, 1986.
Surviving are four sons, Don (Mary) Schwartz, Botkins, Jerry (Mary Jane) Schwartz, Fort Loramie, Dave (Lorraine) Schwartz, Coldwater, and Mike (Vickie) Schwartz, Minster; a daughter Mary Lou (Bruce) Guy, Dayton; a stepson, Gene (Norma Jean) Homan, Coldwater; two stepdaughters, Evelyn (Dave) Hale, Indianapolis, and Doris Ann (Jerry) Will, Celina; three brothers, Art (Pat), Dayton, Werner (Vera), Maria Stein, and Lee (Kathy) Stucke, of California; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 19 stepgrandchildren, 49 stepgrandchildren, and five stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers; four sisters; a great-grandchild and a stepgrandchild.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Minster, and a former member of St. Monica Ladies Sodality and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary, both in Minster.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Rick Nieberding officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 3-8 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
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