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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Monday, May 10th, 2010
Leo Schwartz
Leo H. Schwartz, 85, 33 E. South St., New Bremen, died at 11:02 a.m. May 9, 2010, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.
He was born July 29, 1924, in Minster, to Adam and Josephine Schulze Schwartz. On June 26, 1948, he married Esther J. Dues, who survives in New Bremen.
Also surviving are six children, Nicholas (Brenda) Schwartz, Yorkshire, and Edwin (Marilyn) Schwartz, Ronald (Edith) Schwartz, Patricia (Ken) Bruns, Donna (John) Kremer and John (Connie) Schwartz, all of New Bremen; 19 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Deceased are nine siblings, Joseph, Raymond, Albert, Norbert, Clara, Lawrence and Louis Schwartz, Henrietta Wente and Dorothy Kahlig.
He was a member of the Church of the Holy Redeemer in New Bremen. He was a member of the American Legion Post 241, New Bremen, the New Bremen Rod and Gun Club and the Westside Airport on the Schwartz farm. He worked on a farm, at the former Goodyear in St. Marys and retired from Thieman Stamping in New Bremen in 1989.
Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the church, the Rev. Thomas Mannebach officiating. Burial is at the German Protestant Cemetery in New Bremen.
Calling is 3-8 p.m. Tuesday at the church's parish center and 9:30-10 a.m. Wednesday at the church.
Memorials can be made to the State of the Heart Hospice.
Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home in New Bremen is handling arrangements.
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