Flood Advisory issued August 12 at 8:10AM EDT until August 12 at 11:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...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... Northeastern Preble County in west central Ohio... Western Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 810 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Troy, Piqua, Greenville, Celina, Tipp City, St. Marys, West Milton, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Versailles, Covington, St. Henry, Arcanum, Newport, Bradford, Union City, Fort Loramie, Fort Recovery and Pleasant Hill.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 8:07AM EDT until August 12 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
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The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... Southwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Eastern Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 900 AM EDT.
* At 807 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Celina, moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Celina, Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, Fort Loramie, Botkins, New Knoxville, Moulton, Chickasaw, Kettlersville, Montezuma, Fryburg, Tama, Egypt, Lake Loramie State Park, Neptune, and Bulkhead.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 110.
Flood Watch issued August 11 at 11:33PM 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 Wednesday 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 through Wednesday. 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.
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Wednesday, April 13th, 2016
By Gary R. Rasberry
COLDWATER - A tremendous pitching effort by Maddie Steinke was rewarded by plenty of runs scored by her Coldwater teammates as the Cavaliers opened Midwest Athletic Conference softball play with a 6-0 win over Marion Local on Tuesday afternoon at Lady Cav Diamond. [More]
Obituaries on April 13th, 2016
The exciting moments and months of pregnancy have turned to sorrow and heart-wr [More]
Ralph Raymond Stachler, age 71, of Celina, died Monday, April 11, 2016 at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Ben Lefeld, 91, St. Henry, died April 13, 2016.
Mass is 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Henry Catholic Church. [More]
Local pictures on April 13th, 2016
Subscriber stories on April 13th, 2016
CELINA - A man claiming a local contractor had improperly dumped concrete debris from a county job onto the man's Montezuma property verbally tussled with the contractor on Tuesday in the commissioners' office.
Program to aid monitoring of dams for possible failure
Wabash River Conservancy District officials were recently trained on the federal DamWatch program, which helps groups monitor flood-control dams during heavy rains.
CELINA - The Mercer County Sheriff's Office is again seeking thousands of dollars in grants to cover overtime costs for traffic enforcement during holidays and other days when motorists are out in high numbers.
Five-run fourth inning sends Celina to 7-3 victory over WBL rival
CELINA - Elida pitcher Josh Bull held the Celina baseball team hitless for the first 3 1/3 innings on Tuesday night.
But Celina took the Bull by t
MINSTER - Freshman pitcher Jenna Poeppelman retired the first 12 batters she faced, helping Minster build an early lead and post a 6-2 victory over St. Henry on Tuesday in the Midwest Athletic Conference softball opener at Four Seasons Park.
Tuesday's Area Roundup
Compiled by Colin Foster and Gary R. Rasberry
Mitchel Stammen was perfect on Tuesday, retiring 21 batters in a row to earn a perfect game as St. Henry opened MAC baseball action with a 2-0 win over Minster at the Wally Post Athletic Complex.