Flood Warning issued September 17 at 10:44AM EDT until September 17 at 4:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... Northwestern Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 445 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 1044 AM EDT, radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen.Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Rockford, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, State Route 116 at State Route 197, Chattanooga and Kossuth.
CELINA - The city still wants to see local farm manure converted to electricity to reduce phosphorous loading in the watershed and provide the city with energy.
But Celina's role may be limited to just facilitating the project, as previous plans for an ambitious renewable energy resource center are not possible at this time, Bryan told the newspaper. [More]
GRAND LAKE - All reservable campsites at Grand Lake St. Marys State Park were booked days before Memorial Day. Two months later the park could be considered a ghost town.
Water quality signs will be posted along waterway in St. Marys
The state soon will post water quality advisory signs along the Miami and Erie canal in the St. Marys area after water testing done this week showed algae toxins in the water.
