Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 6:14AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
Fog has developed across the area. This is reducing visibility to 1 mile or less in some locations. Motorists should be prepared for rapid changes in visibility along their route. Slow down and only use your low beam headlights.
Flood Watch issued August 13 at 4:50AM 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... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance likely 68° 68° chance
Tuesday, October 7th, 2014
Steven Putman
Steven O. Putman, N8ZR, 58, Fairborn, died Oct. 5, 2014, at the Soin Medical Center, Beavercreek.
He was born Jan. 6, 1956, in Pontiac, Mich., to Orby K. and Eudora Bartz Putman. His father died Nov. 19, 1999, and his mother survives in Fairborn.
Also surviving are aunts and uncles, Carl (Mary Jane) Putman, New Haven, Ind., Joan (Leonard) Barry, Sun City, Ariz., Norma Putman, Spencerville, Verne C. (Marilyn Sue) Bartz, Van Wert, Lucy Bartz, Middle Point, and Robert Koenig, New Bavaria, and many cousins.
Also deceased are a brother, Jeffrey K. Putman; and aunts and uncles, Robert (Maxine) Putman, Eugene (Iris) Putman, Howard Putman, Curtis Bartz, Charles (Marian) Carey, Don (Wilma) Parker and Lola Koenig.
He earned a bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University and master's degrees from Bowling Green State University and the University of Dayton. He was a professional engineer and had retired from the Defense Acquisition University, through which he had taught management classes all over the U.S.
He was a member and past president of the Fairborn Shrine Club and a member of Fairborn Masonic Lodge 711 and the Dayton Antioch Shrine. He had worked every year for the Antioch Shrine Circus. He also was a member of the Amateur Radio Relay League and the Dayton Amateur Radio Association. He was baptized in the Christian Church of Christ.
Services are 1 p.m. Thursday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina, Pastor Craig Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Mercer Memory Gardens, Celina.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday and noon-1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children.
Condolences may be expressed at www.dickandsonshellwarthfh.com.
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