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.
SHELBY COUNTY - A Minster High School senior was struck and killed early Saturday morning while walking along Schmitmeyer-Baker Road, east of Minster.
Austin J. Brackman, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident in McClean Township at 3 a.m., according to a press release from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. [More]
NEW BREMEN - A 19-year-old man was killed Saturday night and a friend injured in a single-vehicle crash on Plattner Pike, north of the village.
Shelby Fear of New Bremen - the father of two young children - was pronounced dead at the scene by the Auglaize County Coroner's Office. The accident took place at 10:19 p.m., south of Southland Road. [More]
CELINA - An early Sunday morning blaze ravaged the inside of the Sonic Restaurant at 1938 Havemann Road before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.
LIMA - Marion Local coach Tim Goodwin expected his group to be focused when they took the field against Columbus Grove on Saturday night with a trip to Ohio Stadium on the line.
PIQUA - The feeling never gets old for the Coldwater football team.
The Cavaliers secured their spot in the state championship game by beating Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy 34-3 in the Division V state semifinals at Alexander Stadium/Purk Field in Piqua Saturday night.
ST. MARYS - Fort Recovery outscored St. Marys 13-2 in the fourth quarter to break open a close game and post a 43-31 victory Saturday night on the Roughrider hardwood.
Several big matches were on the schedule as the West Ohio High School Bowling Conference had its second week of league matches at Plaza Lanes in Celina on Saturday.
Parkway jumped out to a 17-9 lead on Botkins and then held off the Trojans in the second half to open its girls basketball season with a 38-34 win in Shelby County on Saturday night.
