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
Saturday, January 24th, 2009
Orville Jutte
Former St. Wendelin resident Orville A. Jutte, 80, Fort Recovery, died at 7:15 a.m. Jan. 23, 2009, at Briarwood Manor Nursing Home, Coldwater.
He was born April 7, 1928, in St. Peter to Samuel and Clara Guggenbiller Jutte. On May 30, 1950, he married Elizabeth "Betty" Brunswick, who survives.
Other survivors are five sons, Orville (Peg), Tenino, Wash., and David (Vickie), Ken, Wayne (Dawn), and Don, all of Fort Recovery; a daughter, Nancy Bonifas, St. Henry; a sister, Lorene Voskuhl, St. Henry; a brother, Linus, Celina; 19 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchildren.
Deceased are a daughter, Kathy; two sons, Ricky and Billy; a sister, Leona Kunkler; three brothers; Jerome, Werner and Melvin; a grandchild and a great-grandchild.
He was retired from United Parcel Service and retired owner-operator of Jutte Floral, St. Wendelin. He was a former member of St. Wendelin Catholic Church and its Holy Name Society, and a member of Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church, Fort Recovery.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mary Help of Christian Catholic Church, the Rev. Thomas Dorn officiating. Burial is at St. Wendelin Cemetery.
Calling is Thursday after the Funeral Mass in the church undercroft.
Brockman-Boeckman Funeral Home, Fort Recovery, made the arrangements.
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