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.

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Indiana residents die in area crash

By Shelley Grieshop

Photo by Frank Snyder/The Daily Standard

A car is embedded in the rear of a dump truck following an accident that claimed the lives of two Indiana residents on Thursday morning at the intersection of state Routes 29 and 118, west of Celina.

An Indiana woman and her father-in-law were killed when their car slammed into the rear of a dump truck at the intersection of state Routes 29 and 118 Thursday morning.

The driver of the car, Jacqueline Yoss, 57. of Ossian, Ind., and her passenger, Delbert Yoss, Geneva, Ind., were taken to Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. Jacqueline Yoss was pronounced dead on arrival. Delbert Yoss was transported by helicopter to a Dayton hospital where he passed away a short time later.

The driver of the 2000 Mack dump truck, 54-year-old Michael Evers, 1267 Wendel Road, Fort Recovery, was not injured. The vehicle is owned by Overman Trucking, Fort Recovery.

The Mercer County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call reporting the crash at 11:06 a.m. The report said Evers was eastbound on state Route 29 and stopped for traffic to make a northbound turn when the truck was struck in the rear by Yoss' eastbound 1995 Buick Park Avenue.

The Yoss's were trapped in their car and had to be extracted by Celina firefighters using Jaws of Life equipment.

The crash is the fourth fatal accident in the county this year and marks the fourth and fifth loss of life on local roadways.

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