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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Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Harold Fry
Harold C. "Butch" Fry, 88, formerly of 514 Hines Drive, St. Marys, and a resident of Otterbein St. Marys Retirement Community, died at 3:15 p.m. Jan. 20, at Otterbein.
He was born Feb. 28, 1921, in Buckland, to Ralph and Emma Seitz Fry. On Sept. 19, 1946, he married Helen Elsea, who died Feb. 8, 2000.
Surviving are a companion, Dotti Stahl, St. Marys; his children, Arlen "Jake" (Kathy) Fry, Louis (Sue) Fry, and Martha "Marty" (William) Wisener, all of St. Marys, Brenda (Michael) Fishbaugh, Celina, and Sandie (James) Wieman, New Bremen; a daughter-in-law, Sandra S. Fry, Greenville; a son-in-law, Dennis Wenning, Celina; a brother, Norman (Erlene) Fry, Derby, Kan.; 16 grandchildren, 29 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a daughter, Tana Wenning; a son, Lee Fry; two brothers, Robert and Paul Fry; a grandson and a granddaughter.
He retired from the St. Marys Foundry as a foreman and later worked at Beckett's Sohio station. He was a 1939 graduate of St. Marys Memorial High School and was a member of the Roughriders basketball team. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, St. Marys, the American Legion and VFW, St. Marys, and the Wapakoneta Disabled American Veterans.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday, at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, his grandson, the Rev. Jimmy Sweigart officiating. Burial with military honors conducted by the American Legion and VFW is at Resthaven Memory Gardens near St. Marys.
Calling is 2-5 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Contributions can be made to State of the Heart Hospice, Joint Township District Memorial Hospital Foundation or Otterbein St. Marys Benevolence Fund.
Condolences can be left at Millerfuneralhomes.net.
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