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 16th, 2010
Henrietta Mowery
Henrietta Anna Mowery, 89, 607 N. Sugar St., Celina, died at 11:04 p.m. Jan. 14, 2010, at Celina Manor Nursing Home.
She was born Sept. 30, 1920, in New Bremen to Julius and Amanda Blumhorst Luedeke. On Sept. 26, 1943, she married Eugene "Bogie" Mowery, who died Feb. 23, 2006.
Surviving are three sons, Dave (Kathy) Mowery, Sylva, N.C., Steve Mowery, Celina, and Charles Mowery, Fairborn; a daughter, Ruth (Jerry) Long, Celina; a daughter-in-law, Sally Mowery, Paulding; two sisters-in-law, Josephine McEvoy, Celina, and Dee Dee Luedeke, Tenn.; eight grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Deceased is a son, Henry E. "Hank" Mowery; a sister, Bernadine Fledderjohn; six brothers, Arnold, Lester, Elmer, Andrew, Ferd and Edward Luedeke.
She was a homemaker and had retired from Celina Insurance Group. She was a member of St. John Lutheran Church, Celina, and its Ladies Grace Circle. She was a 1938 graduate of New Bremen High School.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina, the Rev. Paul Baglien officiating. Burial is at German Protestant Cemetery, New Bremen.
Calling is 2-6 p.m. Sunday and one hour prior to the services on Monday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home.
Memorials can be made to Mercer County Crippled Children & Adults Fund or the church's organ fund.
Condolences can be set to dick.hellwarth@verizon.net
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