Flood Watch issued August 14 at 2:57PM EDT until August 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Fayette, Franklin, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hardin, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Preble, Ross, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected to move through the region Saturday into Saturday night. Given the saturated ground, additional heavy rainfall may result in flash flooding.
Today 82° Today 82° likely chance 70° 70° chance Tomorrow 84° Tomorrow 84° chance 74° 74° chance likely
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
Milking house fire
Photo by William Kincaid/The Daily Standard

Multiple fire departments respond to Hellwarth Farms Inc. at 3081 Carmel Church Road in Hopewell Township some time after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on reports of a milking house fully engulfed in flames. Several firefighters, assisted by two tankers, battled the blaze. No other details were available by press time. The family-owned dairy farm milks cows and raises 600 acres of soybeans, corn, hay, wheat and hay.

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