Flood Watch issued August 13 at 4:50AM EDT until August 14 at 11:00AM 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 Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A lull in rainfall will continue for much of the day. However, additional storms will move into the area later this afternoon. The risk of heavy rainfall will be greatest tonight into early Friday morning. There is also the potential for storms to repeatedly move over the same locations, which increases flash flood risk.
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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
By William Kincaid
CELINA - As temperatures dropped slightly Friday evening, a large crowd turned out for Lake Festival events along Lakeshore Drive.
Festival co-chairwoman Michelle Emerine estimated a couple thousand people were on hand to watch a professional ski team perform on Grand Lake, followed by the traditional amphicar swim-in. [More]
Obituaries on July 23rd, 2011
Sally L. Amspaugh, 68, Union City, died July 21, 2011.
She was born Nov. 13, [More]
John Madison Hudson, 28, Geneva, Ind., died at 2:58 p.m. July 21, 2011, at Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind. [More]
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Ripples from the past
CELINA - Judy Menchhofer Cardy remembers the excitement in 1961 when the Lake Festival was brought back to life.
"I remember that the return of the