Flood Warning issued September 17 at 4:22PM EDT until September 17 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Northwestern Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1045 PM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. Expect many areas of slow moving or standing water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 421 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported flooding in the warned area, with numerous roads remaining closed due to high water. Between 2.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flooding impacts will continue, but no additional rainfall is expected. - 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.
CELINA - The recently passed two-year state budget contains $4 million to help communities, specifically Celina, improve their drinking water quality, Senate President Keith Faber, R-Celina, said.
However, Celina will still need to apply for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources funds, intended to assist continental divide communities affected by the Great Lakes Compact, Faber noted. [More]
ST. HENRY - A local landscape employee critically injured in a June 30 two-vehicle accident this morning has improved to fair condition at a Dayton hospital.
Grand Lake lost a 2-1 lead to Northern Ohio in the seventh inning in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday at Montgomery Field, falling 3-2 to Northern. The Mariners rebounded with a 7-1 win in the second game to earn a split.
