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Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 7:14AM EDT until September 5 at 10:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... North Central Shelby County in west central Ohio...
* WHEN...Until 1015 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 714 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges 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 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Rockford, New Knoxville, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, Maria Stein, State Route 116 at State Route 197 and Chattanooga.

Friday, October 6th, 2006

Photo by Laura Walker/The Daily Standard

A few of the 1,600-1,700 geese around the Grand Lake St. Marys area feed at the Mercer County Wildlife Refuge on state Route 703 near Montezuma. Saturday and Sunday will bring previously chosen youth to the refuge and all interested youths around the state to hunt waterfowl during Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days in Ohio. Open waterfowl season begins Oct. 21 with new north south zones. These can be seen on the map below.

Archive of October 6th, 2006

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