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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Friday, October 26th, 2012
Donald Anderson
Donald P. Anderson, 82, St. Marys, died at 10:35 a.m. Oct. 25, 2012, at Otterbein Senior Lifestyle Choices, St. Marys.
He was born Aug. 5, 1930, in Celina, to Aswin and Mary Gast Anderson. On Oct. 19, 1963, he married Yvonne Kitzmiller, who died Aug. 31, 1987.
Surviving are five daughters, Mary Beth (Jim) O'Keefe, Bartlett, Ill., Julie (Norm) Mause, Fort Collins, Colo., Karen (Ralph) Wiley, St. Marys, Emily (Dave) Ernst, Hamilton, and Jennifer (John) Kleine, New Palestine, Ind.; a brother, Michael Anderson, St. Marys; a sister, Mary Jane (Alan) McCall, Falls Church, Va.; and 16 grandchildren.
Also deceased are two brothers, Robert and David Anderson.
He graduated from St. Marys Memorial High School and the University of Dayton. He served in the U.S. Army, and was a member of VFW Post 9289, St. Marys. He had been a salesman for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. and retired from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, where he had been a vehicle inspector. He owned and operated Varsity Lanes in St. Marys for several years.
He was a member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, St. Marys, and its Friends of the Church group.
Funeral Mass is 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Burial with military honors will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, St. Marys.
Calling is 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Miller-Long and Folk Funeral Home, St. Marys.
Memorials may be given to Friends of Holy Rosary Church.
Condolences may be left at www.Millerfuneralhomes.net.
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