Flood Watch issued August 13 at 11:45AM 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.
66° 66° chance Fri 81° Fri 81° 65° 65° chance Sat 86° Sat 86° chance
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014
Wanda Ballard
Wanda Ballard, 98, Altamont, Ill., formerly of Mercer County, died at 11:45 p.m. May 3, 2014, at Lutheran Care Center, Altamont.
She was born June 7, 1915, in Mercer County, to Harvey and Pearl Haney Shimp. She married George F. Carpenter, who preceded her in death in 1972. She then married Ernest C. Ballard, who died in 2003.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday at North Grove Cemetery, Celina.
A remembrance service will be held 2-4 p.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Celina.
Additional obituaries on this date
Paul Adkins, 70, Celina, passed away at 10:10 a.m. June 1, 2014, at his residence. [More]
Berniece Baker, 102, Celina, died at 4:30 a.m. June 1, 2014, at The Miller House in Celina. [More]
Richard D. "Dick" Chaney, 68, Celina, passed away June 1, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Arthur "Gary" McCowan, 58, Coldwater, died at 10:45 p.m. May 31, 2014, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima. [More]
Daniel J. Piper, 75, Celina, passed away at 11:48 p.m. June 1, 2014, at Mercer County Community Hospital, Coldwater. [More]
Leo Tebbe, 85, of rural New Bremen, died June 2, 2014, in the emergency departm [More]