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°
Friday, June 10th, 2011
By William Kincaid
Dennis Howick is feeling a little bit better than he was in the middle of May when his seeds were sitting in his barn as rain battered the area.
Sunny, dry weather in the last two weeks changed the circumstance.
"It's looking pretty decent," said the Celina area farmer about his corn crop. [More]
Obituaries on June 10th, 2011
Onda Fae Matthews, 81, Greenville, died June 5, 2011, at Oakley House.
She wa [More]
Local pictures on June 10th, 2011
Subscriber stories on June 10th, 2011
Strong storms moved through the area this morning bringing severe lightning strikes and the threat of flash floods.
Lightning strikes at approximat
Jail inmates will have opportunity to grow through garden project
CELINA - Inmates will soon plant, weed and harvest their way to rehabilitation.
A new program approved this week by Mercer County commissioners will allow well-behaved prisoners at the adult detention facility to grow vegetables in an outdoor garden.
MINSTER - Therese Brown moves from shelf to shelf, bringing welcome organization to the St. Augustine/St. Joseph Parish Library.
The library, locat
Close to 70 of the top dirt late model teams in the country unloaded their cars for tech inspection in the Eldora Speedway pit area on Thursday afternoon in preparation for the richest race in the sport; the $100,000 to-win Dream XVII.
ST. HENRY - Backed by a strong pitching performance from Trey Rutschilling, St. Henry's ACME team improved to 2-1 this summer with a 6-1 win over neighboring-rival Marion Local at the Wally Post Athletic Complex on Thursday night.
Compiled by Ryan Hines
A strong performance on the mound and at the plate by Coldwater's Christian Schramm helped the Cavaliers to a 10-0 six-inning win over Piqua on Thursday at Veterans Field.