Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience 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.
Rose Mary (Baltes) Raterman, age 83, of Fort Loramie Swanders Rd., Minster, Ohio, passed away of natural causes at her residence, Friday morning March 27, 2015. [More]
Less snow this winter resulted in less spending for many Mercer and Auglaize county communities, with some cutting their overtime and salt use in half. [More]
ST. HENRY - John Dippold, then a 20-year-old Army specialist, and his squad of five were pinned down on three sides by heavy enemy fire in a dense jungle in Vietnam 46 years ago.
VERSAILLES - With depth and talent across the board, the Minster girls track team ran, leaped and threw its way to a landslide victory over the field in the Black Division of the Lady Tiger Classique on Saturday.
Coldwater's Paige Hartings and Wapakoneta's Brandon Kennard were selected as the top bowlers of the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference during Sunday's conference banquet.
