By Gary Ogle
gogle@wbcowqel.com
When the rains come down and the water goes up, so do the high water signs and those signs have sprung up again all over Crawford County. Heavy rains on Monday and a real gulley washer early Tuesday morning had ditches and containment ponds spilling over onto county roads and city streets alike.
“We have high water in a few places,” said the Bucyrus Police Department dispatcher on duty. He also noted the water levels began to recede when the rain stopped.
High water signs were being placed at several locations usually the first to floodthose included Hopley Avenue by Carl’s Auto, South Highland street at Hopley Avenue, North Sandusky Avenue by Bob Evans, East Mansfield Street at Wal-Mart, and Arrowhead drive at Southern Avenue.
The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office said when first called there were no roads officially closed but high water levelas throughout the county. A dispatcher called back minutes later to report a car was stranded in high water on Knauss Road and that road was now closed.
The Sheriff’s Office is reminding people it is not safe to drive through standing water on any roadway.
Galion police officers were busy checking out reports of high water there and Crestline police reported high water signs being placed in that community.
There was also reported flooding in nearby Huron and Marion counties. A tornado touched down in Seneca County Monday evening and did damage near Bettsville and in Liberty Township.