Flood Warning issued August 12 at 2:07PM EDT until August 12 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...East Central Union County in east central Indiana... East Central Wayne County in east central Indiana... Northern Butler County in southwestern Ohio... Northwestern Warren County in southwestern Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Darke County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Miami County in west central Ohio... Montgomery County in west central Ohio... Preble County in west central Ohio... Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 800 PM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 207 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported ongoing flooding in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Dayton, Kettering, Huber Heights, Troy, Trotwood, Sidney, Piqua, Miamisburg, Springboro, Vandalia, Englewood, Greenville, Franklin, Celina, Tipp City, Eaton, St. Marys and Moraine.
Flood Watch issued August 12 at 9:17AM EDT until August 12 at 11:00PM 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 this evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Additional thunderstorms are expected into this evening. Locally heavy rainfall and the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same areas are possible. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 68° 68° slight chance chance Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance chance 68° 68° chance
Monday, September 9th, 2013
Obituaries on September 9th, 2013
Ruth M. Beck, 79, Celina, passed away at 5:25 p.m. Sept. 5, 2013, at The Gardens in Celina. [More]
Lester Hendricks, 78, Celina, passed away Sept. 7, 2013, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Mahan J. "Jerry" Harris, 81, of Celina and formerly of Weirton, W.Va., passed away at 9:10 a.m. Sept. 6, 2013, at The Gardens in Celina. [More]
Linus U. "Brownie" Braun, 77, and his wife, Virginia D. "Ginny" Braun, 72, Fort [More]
Wilma L. Hobbs, 63, Decatur, Ind., died at 7:30 a.m. Sept. 7, 2013, at Visiting Nurse and Hospice Home, Fort Wayne, Ind., following an extended illness. [More]
Genevieve Grace Poss Vogt, 94, Athens, Tenn., and formerly of Coldwater, passed away Aug. 31, 2013, at Wellington Place, Athens, Tenn. [More]
Stories on September 9th, 2013
Other driver in head-on accident treated and released
ST. MARYS - A Fort Recovery couple died after their van traveled head-on into an SUV on state Route 29 in Auglaize County on Friday afternoon.
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NEW BREMEN - Area resident Thomas Warner has sold Chevrolets to three generations of local families.
Warner, who looks much younger than his 86 yea
Auglaize County
WAPAKONETA - The budget balancing act continues in Auglaize County as additional sales tax revenue and state funding have offset lower-than-anticipated casino income.
CELINA - The state believes the most efficient way to alleviate the Grand Lake Watershed's dissolved, reactive phosphorous problem is to put in place practices at the farmland level that reduce runoff of the nutrient.
MARIA STEIN - Chickasaw firefighters kept busy Saturday morning handling fires in a storage building and a silo at two different locations.
Fire de [More]
MINSTER - Playing its third match in five days and coming off a devastating Western Buckeye League loss to Ottawa-Glandorf on Thursday, Celina overca
CELINA - The Celina boys soccer team improved to 4-2-1 on the campaign and posted a season-high in goals in beating Greenville 6-1 in a Saturday matinee at the Soccer Stadium. The Green Wave drop to 0-6-0 with the loss.
World 100 at Eldora
From Media Reports
John Blankenship took the lead just after the midway point and never looked back as the West Virginia driver captured the 43rd World 100 on Saturday night at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg.
Weekend Roundup
Compiled by Gary R. Rasberry
Cole Mertz picked up the win in the boys Division II-III race as the Celina boys finished third in the boys' team race and sixth in the girls' down at the Mason Invitational on Saturday.
Local pictures on September 9th, 2013