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.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 69° 69° chance likely Tomorrow 81° Tomorrow 81° chance likely 68° 68° chance
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Dean Fast
Celina native Dean Fast, 69, of Fort Wayne, Ind., died at 10:13 p.m. Nov. 9, 2008, at Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, Ind.
He was born March 5, 1939, in Celina, to Carson C. and Loretta Now Fast. In July 1961, he married Mary Weisman, who survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Juli (Todd) Letourneau, Fort Wayne; three brothers, John, Celina, Larry, Toledo, and Jim, St. Marys; three sisters, Wilma Snyder, Columbus, Janis Malish, St. Marys, and Vickie Muse, Westerville; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Julius and Dorothy Bader, Celina; and twin granddaughters.
He was a teacher and mentor football coach at Snider High School in Fort Wayne, from 1961 until retirement in 1996. He attended Messiah Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, and was a graduate of the former Rockford High School and Manchester College.
Services are 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount. Tabor Church of God, Celina.
Calling begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Contributions can be made to the church chime fund.
Arrangements were handled by Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Homes, Fort Wayne.
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