Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 10 at 7:26PM EDT until August 11 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 560 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN INDIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA
WAYNE
IN OHIO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL OHIO
DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN HOCKING LICKING MADISON PICKAWAY UNION
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
AUGLAIZE CHAMPAIGN CLARK DARKE GREENE HARDIN LOGAN MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PREBLE SHELBY
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADA, BEAVERCREEK, BELLEFONTAINE, CAMDEN, CELINA, CIRCLEVILLE, COLDWATER, DELAWARE, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS, DOWNTOWN DAYTON, EATON, FAIRBORN, GREENVILLE, KENTON, KETTERING, LANCASTER, LOGAN, LONDON, MARYSVILLE, MINSTER, NEW BREMEN, NEWARK, PICKERINGTON, PIQUA, PLAIN CITY, RICHMOND, SIDNEY, SPRINGFIELD, ST. MARYS, TIPP CITY, TROY, URBANA, WAPAKONETA, WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, WEST JEFFERSON, AND XENIA.
Flood Watch issued August 10 at 1:04PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 through Tuesday night. 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.
69° 69° chance Tue 82° Tue 82° likely 66° 66° likely Wed 82° Wed 82° chance
Monday, April 1st, 2013
100 years ago rain, river waters engulfed St. Marys
By Amy Kronenberger
ST. MARYS - This week 100 years ago, residents were cleaning up from the worst recorded flood in Ohio history.
About 10 inches of rain fell over five days in late March 1913. Water swelled over the banks of the Miami-Erie Canal, St. Marys River and Auglaize River, and engulfed much of St. Marys and Wapakoneta. [More]
Obituaries on April 1st, 2013
Melvin E. Luthman, 78, Botkins, died at 10:05 p.m., March 29, 2013, at his home, surrounded by his family. [More]
Marcedis Miller, 82, formerly of Celina, died at 8:20 a.m. March 29, 2013, at Auglaize Acres Nursing Home in Wapakoneta. [More]
William F. Gilberg, 71, New Bremen, died at 2:31 a.m. March 30, 2013, at Elmwood of New Bremen, where he had been a resident for the past three months. [More]
Stanley B. Strukamp, 85, Clayton, died March 20, 2013.
He was born April 28, [More]
Larry Sattler, 62, Celina, died March 31, 2013.
Services are pending at Cisco [More]
Frances L. Kyle, 94, Fort Recovery, died March 30, 2013, at the Village Green, Greenville. [More]
Jerry A. Salyers, 64, Celina, and formerly of Dayton and Fort Recovery, died March 30, 2013, at his home. [More]
Albert Heckler, 91, Celina, died at 6:04 p.m. on Good Friday, March 29, 2013, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys. [More]
Local pictures on April 1st, 2013
Subscriber stories on April 1st, 2013
Primary ballots may be cast in person, by mail
Absentee voting for the May 7 primary election begins Tuesday.
"If you got your mind made up, I think it's a good thing," Deb Sneddon, deputy direc
Lady Tiger Classique Track Meet
VERSAILLES - The reorganizing of the Lady Tiger Classique helped make track's season-opening meet an early preview of the Midwest Athletic Conference meet.
Local Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Ryan Hines and Gary R. Rasberry
Coldwater opened the baseball season with a 7-3 loss to Vandalia-Butler on Saturday.
Vandalia-Butler pitcher Scott Larger held the Cavaliers scoreless until the seventh inning when Coldwater scored three runs to avoid the shutout.