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Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until this afternoon.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Photo by Mark Pummell/The Daily Standard

This single-engine Cessna crashed near Rockford about a year ago. The Federal Aviation Administration ruled this week that the plane went down because it did not have enough fuel. The plane's two occupants were seriously injured but survived the crash landing.

Related online story:

Lack of fuel caused Rockford plane crash

A plane that left two men seriously injured was operating on less than a gallon of fuel when it crashed near Rockford in February 2006, according to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigator. [More]

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