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
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Rita Meinerding
Rita E. Meinerding, 88, St. Marys, died at 12:45 p.m. June 5, 2011, at her residence.
She was born April 27, 1923, in Fort Recovery to Henry and Veronica Muhlenkamp Sudhoff. On Nov. 24, 1945, she married Wescensalus Meinerding, who died Jan 22, 1986.
Surviving are six children: Allen (Janet) Meinerding, Elaine (Sam) Yancey, David (Jane) Meinerding, JoAnn (Richard) Meckstroth, Mary Jane (Steven) Mackenbach and Doris Meinerding, all of St. Marys; brothers, Alfred (Cleo) Sudhoff, Herman (Dorothy) Sudhoff, Alvin (Judy) Sudhoff, Raymond (Margie) Sudhoff, all of Fort Recovery, and Paul (Mary) Sudhoff, Madison, Ind.; sisters, Irene Link, Fort Recovery, Merilda Fleck, Celina, and Mary Agnes Knapke, Coldwater; sisters-in-law, Sr. Regina Meinerding, St. Louis, Mo., and Marie Meinerding, Fort Loramie; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a sister-in-law, Rose Kohne, and a granddaughter.
She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Marys, and its Altar Rosary Sodality.
Service is 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Anthony Cutcher officiating. Burial will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Miller-Long & Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys.
Memorials may be directed to the Rev. Jerry Schetter ordination fund or to Grand Lake Hospice.
Online condolences may be left at millerfuneralhomes.net.
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