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
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Martha Kunkler
Martha Kunkler, 78, 2787 Coldwater Creek Road, St. Henry, died at 10:28 p.m. Oct. 21, 2008, at the Gardens at Celina.
She was born Nov. 26, 1929, in Dayton, to Norbert and Lillian Wright Frantz. On Oct. 21, 1950, she married Ted Kunkler, who died April 26, 2005.
Surviving are four daughters, Linda Mackey, Celina, Sharon (Fred) Ranly and Sandy (Fred) Schmitmeyer all of St. Henry, and Michelle (Andrew) Cordonnier, Mason; two sons, Terry (Susan), Fort Recovery; and Patrick (Julie), Crescent Springs, Ky.; two sisters, Norma (Clete) Bettinger, Coldwater, and Patricia (Jerry) Bruggeman, Greenville; a brother, Norbert (Jackie) Frantz, Union City, Ind.; a brother-in-law, Melvin (Peg) Bergman, Fort Recovery; 21 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are two sisters, Emerita Bergman and Millie Lee.
She was a homemaker and a member of St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Carthagena, and its ladies sodality.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church,the Rev. Tom Hemm officating. Burial is at the church cemetery.
Calling is 2-7 p.m. Sunday and 9-10 a.m. Monday at Hogenkamp Funeral Home, St. Henry.
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