Flash Flood Warning issued September 16 at 3:09AM EDT until September 16 at 7:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
FFWILN
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Mercer County in west central Ohio...
* Until 700 AM EDT.
* At 309 AM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... Celina, Coldwater, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Carthagena, Neptune, Chattanooga and Maria Stein.
70° 70° slight chance chance Wed 86° Wed 86° chance 69° 69° slight chance chance Thu 84° Thu 84° likely
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
Obituaries on July 25th, 2012
William P. Brussell, 85, Minster, died at 5 p.m. July 23, 2012, at Heritage Manor Nursing Center, Minster. [More]
Florence Paulus, 85, Celina, died at 4:23 a.m. July 22, 2012, at The Gardens at Celina. [More]
Carol Hagen, 91, Celina, died July 24, 2012.
Arrangements are pending at Cisc [More]
Donald Vander Horst, 87, Celina, died July 24, 2012.
Arrangements are pending [More]
Rebecca Sue Hagaman, 44, Celina, died July 23, 2012.
She was born April 17, 1 [More]
Stories on July 25th, 2012
Drought fallout
Local dairy farmers are reducing their herds in anticipation of feed losses caused by the most widespread drought in seven decades.
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Drought fallout
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has authorized emergency harvesting of hay and grazing on federal conservation land to help farmers feed their animals as a drought plagues a majority of the country.
Former optometrist
ST. MARYS - Former area optometrist Douglas Wine is asking an Auglaize County judge to set aside his conviction of sexual assault and order a new trial due to poor representation by his former attorney.
NEW BREMEN - School board members are setting up a two-year plan to address future building needs in the district.
Whether state funds will be available to help pay for a construction project at that time is unknown.
COLDWATER - Police chief Randy Waltmire introduced two, new part-time patrolmen, Kevin Wynk and Jeremy Kerr, both 21, to council during a meeting Monday.
CELINA - RJ Corman Railroad Group intends to install new flashing light signals and add roadway gates with cantilevers to the crossing on Market Street near Pullman Bay Restaurant.
Mercer
CELINA - Mercer County Commissioners on Tuesday gave their blessing to an annexation request of nearly five acres to the city of Celina.
The site i
WAPAKONETA - Auglaize County dog warden Russ Bailey has stayed busy since the state passed the new vicious dog law two months ago.
He has issued six problem dog notices since the law took effect at the end of May, he told county commissioners during his monthly update with them on Tuesday. [More]
MINSTER - Semitrailers again will be rumbling along Fourth Street.
Village council members on Tuesday agreed to return truck route status to the street, which is nearing the end of a two-year reconstruction project. [More]
Celina Bulldog Academy
CELINA - Grant money that funded the Bulldog Academy, an after-school tutoring program, has been cut.
Treasurer Mike Marbaugh told school board members during a meeting Monday that Celina no longer qualifies for the 21st Century Grant.
New Bremen
NEW BREMEN - Village officials Tuesday night lauded the efforts of local residents in responding to a water advisory.
Residents in early July were
Recent inspections of Grand Lake area nursing homes by two state agencies show none have substandard care or immediate safety issues.
The Ohio Depa
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