Flood Watch issued August 13 at 10:22PM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM 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 Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional storms will move into the area after midnight, persisting through late Friday morning. Heavy rain can be expected with these storms, with the risk of flash flooding increasing with storms that repeatedly move over the same locations.
66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° 65° 65° chance Sat 86° Sat 86° chance
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013
Obituaries on August 3rd, 2013
Thelma W. Hawk, 98, died early Aug. 1, 2013, at the Laurels of Shane Hill, where she had been a patient for six years. [More]
Austin Thomas Luebke, 20, Fort Loramie, passed away of natural causes the eveni [More]
Joe Meiring, 82, of Fort Recovery, died Aug. 1, 2013, in Wisner, La.
He was born June 6, 1931, in Sharpsburg, to Bernard H. and Julia Fiely Meiring. [More]
Stories on August 3rd, 2013
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