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Flood Warning issued September 16 at 6:44AM EDT until September 16 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1100 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 642 AM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with several roads closed near and west of Celina. Between 2 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Carthagena, Neptune, Chattanooga and Maria Stein.

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Fort Recovery crash

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

A 2002 Pontiac rests on its top in a cornfield following a Tuesday morning accident in the 6100 block of Erastus-Durbin Road. The 7:05 a.m. mishap occurred when Amy E. Hart, 18, 2725 Erastus-Durbin Road, Fort Recovery, lost control while traveling northbound and struck a mailbox. Mercer County Sheriff's Office reports indicate she overcorrected sending the vehicle into a yard where it sheared off a utility pole before overturning. Hart, the lone occupant, was taken by ambulance to Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater and the heavily damaged car was towed from the scene.

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