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.
CELINA - Now that the city has a significant reserve, Celina Mayor Jeff Hazel has proposed creating three savings accounts - an economic development fund, a water line replacement fund and a Montgomery Field fund.
If approved by city council members, $850,0000 would be appropriated to the new accounts. [More]
Reds' pitcher gets career best in several categories last season
By Gary R. Rasberry
CELINA - For Homer Bailey, 2012 was finally the year he showed he belonged with the Cincinnati Reds and in the big leagues.
After five seasons of pitching for the Reds and not having the numbers many thought a first round pick should have, going 25-23 while splitting time between the majors and minors, Bailey had a breakout season in helping the Reds win the National League Central and post the second-best record in Major League Baseball. [More]
CELINA - The city financially had a very good 2012, ending the year with a general fund carryover of $2.89 million that will in part fund the creation of new savings accounts.
Organizer headed to Memphis to start lining up acts
ST. MARYS - K.C. Geiger Park will once again have the blues.
Chris Botkin and Rees McKee of the K.C. Geiger park improvement committee on Monday requested and received council's support to bring back the Bluesfest after a two-year hiatus.
COLDWATER - Village manager Eric Thomas on Monday night announced 50 percent of the sewer lining project is complete, despite recent hindrances from the weather.
The Coldwater boys took a step closer to winning an outright West Ohio High School Bowling Conference title after action this past weekend at McBo's Lanes in Versailles.
