Weather conditions appears to give Bluffton a reprieve from the rain at the moment.
In the meantime, many residents in low-lying areas are pumping basements. At this time (early afternoon, June 16), there is no report of the number of persons affected by the flooding.
Forecasts for the remainder of the week vary but most forecasts call for more rain late Wednesday evening, heavy showers Thursday, possible showers Friday, cloudy and humid Saturday and possible showers and thunderstorms on Sunday.
10:53 a.m. Nixle Alert: College Ave, Main St, Cherry Street, Jefferson St. Riley St., North bound I-75 are all closed, Water still rising. Sand bags are available at the EMS building. DO NOT drive in standing or running water.
With 3.34 inches of rain from Friday to Monday – according to Guy Verhoff, Pandora, weather observer – area streams are over their banks.
There will be more fathers in Bluffton this Father's Day than ever before.
Most of the fathers will arrive on bicycles.
GOBA - the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure - arrives in Bluffton on Sunday, June 21 (Father's Day). Over 2,000 bikers will tool through town from Van Wert via Columbus Grove Road to Grove Street, then Jackson, then College Avenue...on to the GOBAville campgrounds on the Bluffton University practice fields at Rosenberger and Elm.
While countless events are planned for the visitors, all events, activities and food choices are open to the public.
We've witnessed flooding in the past. Let's call this high water.
After a week of on and off raining an early morning Sunday storm popped the cork on Riley Creek.
A Nixel warning from Bluffton police at 11:37 a.m. read: "Riley Creek is out of banks. College Ave closed. Precautionary measures to move cars from Cherry and Vance are recommended."
These photos taken at 1 p.m. Sunday, June 14, reveal the Riley while the water receeded.
Severe thunderstorms containing damaging wind gusts to 60 mph will threaten portions of
AEP Ohio and I&M Power this afternoon into early tonight. A hot, humid, and increasingly unstable air mass is in place over the region. An approaching upper-level disturbance and cold front will trigger the storms.
Tickets and bid sheets are now available in preparation for the Bluffton for Hope Cancer relay fundraisers.
The community is invited to support cancer research through several projects underway for the June 19-20 Bluffton for Hope cancer relay event, which takes place at Bluffton Family Recreation, 2015 Snider Road.
