Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 2:39PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 567 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
FAYETTE UNION WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
FRANKLIN
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN SOUTHWEST OHIO
BUTLER CLINTON WARREN
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, BLANCHESTER, BROOKVILLE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, CONNERSVILLE, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, FAIRFIELD, FRANKLIN, GREENVILLE, HAMILTON, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LANDEN, LEBANON, LIBERTY, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MASON, MIDDLETOWN, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, OXFORD, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGBORO, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST COLLEGE CORNER, WEST JEFFERSON, WILMINGTON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 11 at 12:05PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected into Wednesday morning. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 66° 66° chance Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° slight chance slight chance 66° 66° chance likely
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
Wilma M. Meckstroth
Wilma M. Meckstroth, 88, St. Marys, died at 7:35 a.m. Aug. 11, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.
She was born Dec. 17, 1921, in Mercer County, to Albert and Minnie Uppenkamp Buschur. On Aug. 30, 1947, she married Roland Meckstroth, who died July 6, 1987.
Surviving is a son, Tim (Sandy) Meckstroth, St. Marys; three daughters, Pam (Jim) Thomas, Fort Wayne, Ind., Joan Meckstroth, St. Marys, and Judy (Jerry) Schultz, St. Marys; two sisters, Marge Neu, Lima, and Janet (Ed) Dillhoff, Arlington, Texas; four sisters-in-law, Martha Buschur, Coldwater, Jean Luken, Coldwater, Lois Schuller, New Knoxville, and Sandy (Dave) Berlett, New Knoxville; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Also deceased are three brothers, Melvin and Jim Buschur and Tom Luken; three brothers-in-law, Dick Neu, Marvin Schuller and Dale Meckstroth; a sister-in-law, Audrey Buschur; and a grandson, Corey Meckstroth.
She graduated from Coldwater High School in 1939 and retired from G.C. Murphy in 1974. She was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in St. Marys, the Ladies Altar Society and the New Knoxville American Legion Women's Auxiliary.
Funeral Mass is 9 a.m. Saturday at the church, the Rev. Tony Cutcher officiating. Burial is at Gethsemane Cemetery in St. Marys.
Calling is 2-5 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at Cisco Funeral Home in St. Marys, where a prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday.
Memorials can be made to the church or to St. Jude Children's Hospital.
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