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°
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Robert Miars
Robert E. Miars, 80, St. Marys, died June 1, 2011, at the St. Marys Living Center following a short illness.
He was born in St. Marys on Nov. 13, 1920, to Vernon O. and Emma Rohrbach Miars.
Surviving are his children, Thomas E. (Deborah) Miars, Panama City beach, Fla., Susan A. (Kenneth) Davis and Linda A. (John) Klosterman, all of St. Marys; three sisters, Jessalyn Miller and Frieda (Dan) Hay, all of St. Marys, and Wilda Felton, Casper, Wy.; former wife, Mary Jane Miars, St. Marys; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a son, Steven E. Miars; three brothers, Gail, Orville and Melvin Miars; and a sister, Virginia Burden.
A 1949 graduate of Memorial High School, St. Marys, he was retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, St. Marys. He had also retired from United Rubber Workers Local 200, where he was employed in receiving and was an inventory storekeeper/auditor. He was a member of the Sons of American Legion 323 and a social member of Veterans of Foreign Wars 9289.
There will be no funeral service.
Calling is 3-6 p.m. Sunday at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys. Private family burial will take place at Resthaven Memory Gardens near Moulton.
Condolences may be left at millerfuneralhomes.net
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