SIDNEY — As rain continued to fall during the weekend, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Wilmington issued a flood warning for the Great Miami River at Sidney on Sunday afternoon. The warning was downgraded to a flood watch on Monday.
Mad River in Champaign County was under a flood watch until 8 p.m. Monday. Conditions this week are expected to be drier and colder with more seasonable temperatures for December.
The NWS said the Great Miami River was at 8.6 feet at 9 a.m. Sunday; flood stage is 10 feet.
A manger scene sits just a few feet up from the water line of the flooded front yard of a house on Kirkwood Road near its intersection with County Road 25A Sunday, Dec. 27 in Shelby County. Recent rain is causing minor flooding in the area. Luke Gronneberg | Sidney Daily News
