The Villages of Oakwood and Melrose in Paulding County, Ohio suffered Flash Flooding Sunday evening, following isolated heavy rains the produced over 4 inches of rain in a short period of time. St. 66 and St. 613 were both closed for a period of time due to the high water. A number of country and township roads were or remain closed in and around these communities. There were
businesses and residential homes impacted by the high water. Basements and some first floors had water in them. The Oakwood Volunteer Fire Department request assistance from neighboring fire departments to help fill sandbags and place them around homes in Oakwood. Over 60 residence and firefighters helped in the effort. The Red Cross will be in the Village of Oakwood this morning to assist families and businesses with clean up kits and any other help that they can provide. The will be located at the Oakwood Elementary School at 12:00 noon today. This is the third time in 10 days that Paulding County has had Mother Nature create weather issues to communities within Paulding County. On May 18th, three separate storms with straight lines winds caused damage to structures and damage 100 power poles that caused power outages in three communities for three days. Heavy rains in three neighboring counties caused flooding on the Flatrock Creek and impacted the villages of Payne and Paulding and now Sundays heavy rains
once again caused flash flooding in the two communities…
For any further questions or information, please contact the Paulding County Emergency Management Agency at (419)-399-3500.
