Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 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, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne 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...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
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Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Rosann Spitzer
Maria Stein native Rosann M. Spitzer, 66, of Lafayette, Ind., died at 10:20 a.m. June 15, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, following a lengthy illness.
She was born Sept. 6, 1940, in Maria Stein, to Edgar and Alfrida Kleinhenz Willke. On Oct. 26, 1968, she married Robert H. Spitzer, who survives.
Other survivors are four sons, Michael, Portland, Ore., James, Lafayette, John, Stow, and Stephen, Indianapolis, Ind.; a brother, William (Esther) Willke, Dayton; two sisters, Marilyn (Donald) Schwieterman, Maria Stein, and Janet (James) Bolton, Dayton.
She was a homemaker and member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Lafayette, and its Altar Society, the Tippecanoe County Right to Life and Friends of the Tippecanoe County Public Library. She was a graduate of Marion Local High School and Miami University.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Tim Alkire officiating. Burial is at St. Mary's Cemetery, Lafayette.
Calling begins with a rosary service at 4:45 and continues until 8 p.m. today at Hahn-Groeber Funeral Home, Lafayette.
Contributions can be made to St. Boniface School.
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