Flood Warning issued September 20 at 9:40AM EDT until September 20 at 2:40PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers... St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring. * WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford. * WHEN...Until this afternoon. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:40 AM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall slowly this afternoon, falling below flood stage later this evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
100 years ago rain, river waters engulfed St. Marys
By Amy Kronenberger
ST. MARYS - This week 100 years ago, residents were cleaning up from the worst recorded flood in Ohio history.
About 10 inches of rain fell over five days in late March 1913. Water swelled over the banks of the Miami-Erie Canal, St. Marys River and Auglaize River, and engulfed much of St. Marys and Wapakoneta. [More]
William F. Gilberg, 71, New Bremen, died at 2:31 a.m. March 30, 2013, at Elmwood of New Bremen, where he had been a resident for the past three months. [More]
VERSAILLES - The reorganizing of the Lady Tiger Classique helped make track's season-opening meet an early preview of the Midwest Athletic Conference meet.
