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
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Alvin Post
Former Wendelin resident Alvin H. Post, 78, 312 Kenneth Drive, St. Henry, died at 11:15 a.m. July 2, 2009, at The Gardens at St. Henry.
He was born Sept. 24, 1930, in Wendelin to John and Cordula Guggenbiller Post. On Sept. 5, 1956, he married Alice Homan, who survives.
Other survivors are three sons, Ivo (Linda) Post, Maria Stein, Jerry (Joretta) Post, St. Henry, and Chuck (Kathy) Post, Fort Recovery; five daughters, Bernice (John) Reichert, Maria Stein, Patty (Marvin) Uhlenhake, Coldwater, Sally Post, St. Henry, Angie (Paul) Mangen, Versailles, and Mary Jo Post, Dayton; a brother, Ben (Joan) Post, St. Henry; two sisters, Alma (Orville) Ranly, Coldwater, and Mary (Jim) Faller, New Weston; two brothers-in-law, Leon Vondrell, Fort Recovery, and Henry Drees, St. Marys; and 16 grandchildren.
Deceased are four brothers, Eugene, Gregor, Zeno and Hugo Post; and four sisters, Rita Nerderman, Agnes Fullenkamp, Zita Drees and Rosaline Vondrell.
He retired from farming and was a member of St. Wendelin Catholic Church and its Men's Society, the Fort Recovery American Legion and the Mercer County Farm Bureau, and was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the church, the Rev. Tony Fortman officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery with military honors conducted at graveside.
Calling is 2-8 p.m. today and 9-10 a.m. Tuesday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
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