Flood Watch issued August 11 at 4:12AM EDT until August 12 at 8:00AM 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, Union and Wayne, Kentucky, including the following counties, Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Kenton, Lewis, Mason, 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 Wednesday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected into Wednesday morning. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with the potential for storms to repeatedly track over the same locations. This will result in the potential for flash flooding.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 8:34AM EDT until August 11 at 9:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
At 834 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fort Loramie, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
Locations impacted include... Troy, Sidney, Piqua, New Bremen, Minster, Covington, Newport, Bradford, Anna, Fort Loramie, Jackson Center, Pleasant Hill, Botkins, New Knoxville, Hardin, Russia, Laura, Fletcher, Port Jefferson, and Casstown.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 71 and 106.
Today 83° Today 83° chance 66° 66° chance Tomorrow 83° Tomorrow 83° slight chance slight chance 66° 66° chance likely
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
Dick Neu
Dick G. Neu, 80, of Lima, died at 3:10 a.m., Jan. 27, 2009, at St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima.
He was born Jan. 9, 1929, in Lima, to Jesse Fruchey and Marie Strickler Neu. On Nov. 10, 1951, he married Margeria Luken, who survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Cynthia (John) Hadley, Pittsfield, Maine, Jacalyn (Philip) Roberts, Bellingham, Mass., and Tracy (William) Dennis, Cuyahoga Falls; two half brothers, Thomas (Judy) and Todd (Trudy), both of Lima; his stepmother, Dorothy, Lima; four sisters-in-law, Wilma Meckstroth, St. Marys, Martha Buschur and Jeanie Luken, both of Coldwater, and Janet (Ed) Dillhoff, Arlington, Texas; and two grandchildren.
Deceased are a daughter, Cheryl; and four brothers-in-law, Roland Meckstroth, Robert Buschur, Melvin Buschur and his wife, Audrey, and Thomas Luken.
He retired from Lima Locomotive Works, which later became Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton and Clark Equipment. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and tended bar for the Knights of Columbus. He was a member of St. Rose Catholic Church, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Knights of Columbus, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, American Legion, Allen County Sportsman Club and Fraternal Order of Eagles, all in Lima, and the Mercer County Genealogy Society.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. on Saturday at the church, the Rev. David Ross officiating. Burial is at Gethsemani Cemetery, Lima.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday at Siferd-Orians Funeral Home, Lima. A wake service will be held at 7:30 p.m., followed by the rosary led by the Knights of Columbus.
Contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society, St. Rose Catholic Church, Lima Central Catholic or St. Rita's Medical Center, Lima
Condolences can be left at www.MeM.com.