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.
Flood Watch issued September 17 at 2:22AM EDT until September 17 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Ohio, including the following counties, in central Ohio, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison and Union. In west central Ohio, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Miami and Shelby.
* WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across parts of the area this morning, possibly extending into early afternoon. This may result in bands of heavier rainfall that could lead to flash flooding.
Today 83° Today 83° likely 67° 67° slight chance chance Tomorrow 77° Tomorrow 77° 62° 62°
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Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Jack Schmitt
Jack A. Schmitt, 78, Celina, died at 6:48 p.m. Dec. 25, 2010, at Ross Heart Hospital at the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus.
He was born Aug. 23, 1932, in Hamilton to Karl and Mae Pruitt Schmitt. On Oct. 4, 1952, he married Dorothy M. Coby, who survives.
Also surviving are two daughters, Deborah (Ed) Siefring, Celina, and Kathy (Gary) Parker, Celina; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a daughter, Tammy Snyder; a brother, Karl Schmitt Jr.; a sister, Martha Simmons; a son-in-law, Jerry Shinabery; his father- and mother-in-law, Oliver and Mary Coby; and a grandson.
He worked at Sieberling Latex in New Bremen and Reynolds and Reynolds in Celina. He attended Grace Missionary Church in Celina. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War and a member of the Celina American Legion Post 210.
Funeral services are 3 p.m. Sunday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home in Celina. Burial with graveside military rites by the Celina American Legion Post 210 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5713 is at Mercer Memory Gardens in Celina.
Calling is 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be left at the American Heart Association or the Cancer Association of Mercer County.
Condolences may be left at dick.hellwarth@verizon.net.
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