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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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
Ruth Neeper
Ruth J. VanDemark Neeper, 88, Lima, died at 5 p.m. July 18, 2010, at The Ridge at Shawnee in Lima.
She was born May 17, 1922, in Columbus Grove, to David Byron and Alma Basinger VanDemark. On July 21, 1950, she married Joseph W. Neeper, who died Aug. 22, 2000.
Surviving is a daughter, Johanna (Steven) Muether, Celina; three sons, David Neeper, Cridersville, Michael (Kimberly) Neeper, Wapakoneta, and Mark Neeper, Elida; two brothers, Paul (Rita) VanDemark, Holmes Beach, Fla., and William Van Demark, Cincinnati; five sisters-in-law, Bert Wright, Wapakoneta, Edna Thornton, Tromball, Texas, Evelyn Bowman and Jesse Neeper, both of Lima, and Jeanne Neeper, Los Angeles, Calif.; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was a 1940 graduate of Columbus Grove High School. She was a homemaker and had worked at Triplett in Bluffton and Westinghouse in Lima. She was also a member of Ebenezer Mennonite Church in Bluffton and attended Lima Baptist Temple.
Funeral services at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Shawnee Chapel Chiles & Sons-Laman Funeral Home, the Rev. Gary Hohman officiating. Burial is at Memorial Park Cemetery in Lima.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials can be made to the Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio.
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