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.
Blamed for 16 deaths, flooding through South and Midwest
CELINA - Parts of Celina were plunged into darkness for about an hour late Friday night when the power went out during a storm that dumped another round of heavy rain on already heavily saturated ground.
In 1886, locals were drilling wells in their backyards on the beach
CELINA - In addition to once being known as the largest man-made lake on the planet, Grand Lake introduced to the world freshwater offshore drilling, laying the groundwork for the modern petroleum industry and igniting a local economic boom that reverberated for decades to come. [More]
MINSTER - Community members and local officials celebrated the completion of a $2.55 million expansion and renovation of Minster Police Department's facilities at 126 W. Fourth St. in Minster Saturday afternoon.
The rain held off long enough Minster to get a pair of softball victories on Saturday. What was scheduled to be a three-team round-robin with St. Marys and Greenville turned into a traditional doubleheader with the Roughriders at Four Seasons Park.
