Flood Advisory issued September 5 at 7:14AM EDT until September 5 at 10:15AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...Western Auglaize County in west central Ohio... Mercer County in west central Ohio... North Central Shelby County in west central Ohio... * WHEN...Until 1015 AM EDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 714 AM EDT, radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. - Some locations that may experience flooding include... Celina, St. Marys, Coldwater, New Bremen, Minster, St. Henry, Rockford, New Knoxville, Wabash, Mendon, Chickasaw, Montezuma, Tama, Neptune, Carthagena, Bulkhead, Maria Stein, State Route 116 at State Route 197 and Chattanooga.
Experts used rocks and fossils to tell future geologists about prehistoric times
By Daily Standard Staff
CELINA - Budding earth scientists learned how much geology rocks during Ohio Geology Discovery Day at Wright State University-Lake Campus on Saturday.
Molly Hunt, a geologist and paleontologist with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Geological Survey, spoke about Ohio's geology throughout the Paleozoic era. Beginning 541 million years ago, life during this time was primitive and included invertebrates and the earliest forms of fish and amphibians, she said. [More]
The Minster softball team braved the windy conditions and opened the 2023 season with an 11-0 win over Russia on Saturday at Four Seasons Park in Minster.
