Flash Flood Warning issued September 17 at 8:26AM EDT until September 17 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
FFWILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has extended the
* Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 1100 AM EDT.
* At 826 AM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 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°
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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011
Roscoe Smith
Roscoe S. Smith, 71, Sidney, died at 10:47 p.m. March 7, 2011, at St. Rita's Medical Center in Lima.
He was born May 13, 1939, in Hominy Falls, W. Va., to Luther and Clarie Pearl Stull Smith. He married Ruby Boone Smith of Celina. He then married Nancy Rier, who is deceased. His third wife, Anna King Russell, survives in Texas.
Surviving are two daughters, Carol J. Knotts, Groveport, and Tammy Smith, Houston; nine stepchildren, Bonnie Dirckson, Tennessee, Lynnette Werling, Tennessee, Jeannette Bowling, Sidney, Kathy Napier, Sidney, Lonnie Werling, Sidney, Pam Lecky, Sidney, Cindi Blevins, Kentucky, Angie Blevins, Lima, Chet Blevins, Lima; four sisters, Patty (Johnny) Hinkle, South Carolina, Arlene (Roger) Hinkle, South Carolina, Barbara (Leonard) Dobbs, Sidney, Ollie Trent, Washington; a brother, Jerome (Drema) Smith, N.C.; a sister-in-law, June Smith, West Virginia; six grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren and a great-great grandchild.
Also deceased are two sons, Jimmy Smith, Charles (Marsha) Smith; a stepdaughter, Erie Thomas; a brother, James Smith; and a brother-in-law, Frank Trent.
He worked as a coal miner in West Virginia and retired from Garrett-Howell Foundry in Sidney in 1989. He was a former member of the Calvary Chapel Church in Minster.
Funeral services are 1 p.m. Thursday at Lehman-Hogenkamp-Dzendzel Funeral Home in Celina, the Rev. Richard Van Horn officiating. Burial is at North Grove Cemetery in Celina.
Calling is 11 a.m. -1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Condolences may be left at LHDfuneralhome.com.
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