Warren County mobile home park could be evacuated due to flooding

Warren County Emergency Management and Turtlecreek Twp. Fire Department officials are monitoring flooding that could result in evacuation of the Shadow Lake Mobile Home Village.

On Tuesday morning, rain forecasts and the water levels at the park southwest of Lebanon were being eyed to determine whether an evacuation will be necessary, according to Melissa Bour, director of Warren County Emergency Services.

“No evacuations at this time. We are monitoring the rainfall along with the Turtlecreek Fire Department,” Bour said in an email.

Bour briefed the Warren County Board of Commissioners Tuesday morning.

The National Weather Service was being consulted and American Red Cross contacted, in case residents need to be provided emergency shelter, Bour said.

The flooding builds as rainfall overcomes drains into the nearby creek, but quickly subsides during lulls, according to Bour and the community manager.

“That’ll go away in a heartbeat,” said the manager, who declined to identify himself.

The area along Butler-Warren Road was also flooding, Conty Administrator Tiffany Zindel said.

Elsewhere in Warren County, Bour said the Garfield Park neighborhood in Lebanon was under observation.

In Other News

RTA announces routes, times for holiday bus rides with Santa

Dayton Philharmonic mourns 47-year member killed in Greene County fire

Snow on Thanksgiving? Unusual, but not unheard of for the Dayton area

Holiday shopping at the Mall at Fairfield Commons: 5 new stores, 3...

Local philanthropist, inspired by Mathile family, makes his own...

About the Author

Lawrence Budd

Lawrence Budd is a staff writer who covers Warren County for the Dayton Daily News. He has been with the newspaper for more than 20 years.