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.
Mercer and Auglaize counties to take part in statewide tornado drill
By Sydney Albert
CELINA - Officials in Mercer and Auglaize counties will participate in a statewide tornado drill at 9:50 a.m. Wednesday as part of the newly declared Severe Weather Awareness Week.
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Virginia R. (Balster) Braun, age 76, of Minster, passed away of natural causes Saturday evening, March 18, 2017, at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. [More]
Walter W. "Walt" Fleck, age 85 of Celina, Ohio passed away at 8:52 a.m. on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the Mercer County Community Hospital in Coldwater. [More]
Marion Local has shooting issues in regional final loss to Archbold
TOLEDO - The Marion Local faithful continued to watch and wait for something -anything - positive to happen for the Flyers during Saturday night's Division III regional title game against Archbold.
