Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.
Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
Today 80° Today 80° chance 61° 61° likely Tomorrow 66° Tomorrow 66° chance 58° 58° slight chance
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Alvira Homan
Former Minster resident, Alvira R. Homan, 93, died at 12:10 a.m. Aug. 4, 2008, at Sunrise of Englewood.
She was born May 27, 1915, in St. Rose, to Frank and Anna Bomholt Stucke. On July 28, 1937, she married her first husband, Raymond F. Schwartz, who died Dec. 27, 1964. On Sept. 29, 1972, she married Raymond T. Homan, who died Nov. 26, 1986.
Surviving are four sons, Don (Mary) Schwartz, Botkins, Jerry (Mary Jane) Schwartz, Fort Loramie, Dave (Lorraine) Schwartz, Coldwater, and Mike (Vickie) Schwartz, Minster; a daughter Mary Lou (Bruce) Guy, Dayton; a stepson, Gene (Norma Jean) Homan, Coldwater; two stepdaughters, Evelyn (Dave) Hale, Indianapolis, and Doris Ann (Jerry) Will, Celina; three brothers, Art (Pat), Dayton, Werner (Vera), Maria Stein, and Lee (Kathy) Stucke, of California; 14 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren, 19 stepgrandchildren, 49 stepgrandchildren, and five stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
Deceased are three brothers; four sisters; a great-grandchild and a stepgrandchild.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, Minster, and a former member of St. Monica Ladies Sodality and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary, both in Minster.
Funeral Mass is 10 a.m. Thursday at the church, the Rev. Rick Nieberding officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 3-8 p.m. Wednesday and 8:30-9:30 a.m. Thursday at the Hogenkamp Funeral Home, Minster.
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