{"id":11344,"date":"2015-06-17T16:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T20:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=11344"},"modified":"2015-06-17T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T20:22:34","slug":"paulding-county-ema-announces-road-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/paulding-county-ema-announces-road-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulding County EMA Announces Road Closures"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paulding County Emergency Management Agency<\/p>\n

For More Information Contact:<\/strong>
\nEdward Bohn, EMA Director \u2022 503 Fairground Dr. Paulding, Ohio 45879
\npauldingema@windstream.net
\nOffice: 419-399-3500 Cell: 419-399-7226<\/p>\n

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Date\/Time: June 17, 2015 1:45pm<\/p>\n

Subject: Paulding County Flooding<\/p>\n

The Paulding County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is working with county, township and village officials, and the National Weather Service to manage the rising water situation.<\/p>\n

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Situation overview<\/p>\n

State, County and Township roads have been impacted.
\nCOUNTY ROAD CLOSURES:<\/strong>
\nC-1 between 48\/SR 500
\nC-48 between 1\/17
\nC-60 between 118\/177
\nC-177 between 60\/48 and
\nC-72 between SR 49\/33
\nC-263 between 205\/207
\nCOUNTY ROADS with HIGH WATER:<\/strong>
\nC-173 south of 24
\nC-24 west of SR 637
\nC-24 east of 131
\nC-124 north of 48
\nC-1 between SR 500\/60
\nC-123 between 60\/82
\nC-12 west of SR 637
\nT-81 at 98 (3 signs)
\nC-177 at 82
\nSTATE ROUTE CLOSURES<\/strong>:
\nSR 500 from the Indiana State line to SR 111
\nSR 66 between SR 613 and TR 104
\nSR 613 between SR 637 and TR 131
\nTOWNSHIP road CLOSURES have not been reported to the Engineer, EMA or Sheriff’s Office
\nSand bags are being distributed at the Paulding County Engineer’s Office at no charge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Limit 50 filled bags per household
\nMust provide proof of residency
\nNo homes have been impacted or evacuated<\/p>\n

There have been no water rescues<\/p>\n

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According to the National Weather Service
\nOnce crest occurs, water will remain for a longer than normal amount of time due to extreme ground
\nsaturation<\/p>\n

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Our area has received 600% more rainfall than normal over the last 14 days
\nAdditional rainfall of less than 1″ is expected
\nDue to standing water, mosquito issues will be on the rise<\/p>\n

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Paulding County Emergency Management Agency For More Information Contact: Edward Bohn, EMA Director \u2022 503 Fairground Dr. Paulding, Ohio 45879<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[1367,3721,3722,1087,417,3709,695,2216,3723,359,557,59,480,1331,1222],"class_list":["post-11344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-agency","tag-areas","tag-avoid","tag-closures","tag-county","tag-ema","tag-emergency","tag-flood","tag-flooding","tag-high","tag-management","tag-paulding","tag-road","tag-to","tag-waters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t