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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH
10:10am EDT Wednesday, May 22, 2013

This is a NWS guidance product from the Ohio River Forecast Center.
Public forecasts and warnings are issued only by local NWS offices.
Statistical uncertainties can be viewed from our ensemble pages at:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mmefs


: Radford - New River - RNK
: Zero Datum 1712.16 ft (NGVD 1929)  Pulaski County, VA
: Flood Stage 14.0 ft   Action Stage 12.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 16.0 ft   Major Stage 20.0 ft
: Latest Stage 3.6 ft at 515am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   4.1
:     May 21   /   4.0 /   3.7 /   3.7 /   3.7
:     May 22   /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.5E
: Observed values (above) with a trailing E indicate missing values
: that were replaced with estimates from model simulations.
:
.ER RDFV2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   3.5
.E2 : May 23 : /   3.4 /   3.3 /   3.3 /   3.3
.E3 : May 24 : /   3.4 /   3.6 /   3.8 /   3.9
.E4 : May 25 : /   4.0 /   3.9 /   3.8 /   3.7
.E5 : May 26 : /   3.6 /   3.5 /   3.4 /   3.4
.E6 : May 27 : /   3.3 /   3.3 /   3.2
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.01
:     May 20   /  0.03 /  0.00 /  0.02 /  0.00
:     May 21   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.01 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.07
:     May 23   /  0.07 /  0.06 /  0.12 /  0.07
:     May 24   /  0.05 /  0.01 /  0.00
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  18.2
:     May 20   /  20.5 /  17.5 /  15.4 /  18.8
:     May 21   /  23.2 /  19.4 /  15.1 /  20.1
:     May 22   /  28.2 /  22.7 /  15.6 /  23.9
:     May 23   /  25.6 /  20.7 /  17.8 /  20.4
:     May 24   /  22.1 /  16.8 /  13.9
:____________________________________________________________________

: Buckeye - Greenbrier River - RLX
: Zero Datum 2085.89 ft (NGVD 1929)  Pocahontas County, WV
: Flood Stage 15.0 ft   Action Stage 12.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 18.0 ft   Major Stage 26.5 ft
: Latest Stage 3.2 ft at 545am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   3.2
:     May 21   /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.4 /   3.3
:     May 22   /   3.4 /   3.3 /   3.2E
: Observed values (above) with a trailing E indicate missing values
: that were replaced with estimates from model simulations.
:
.ER BUCW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   3.2
.E2 : May 23 : /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.2
.E3 : May 24 : /   3.4 /   3.8 /   4.0 /   4.0
.E4 : May 25 : /   3.9 /   3.8 /   3.8 /   3.7
.E5 : May 26 : /   3.6 /   3.5 /   3.4 /   3.3
.E6 : May 27 : /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.1
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.00
:     May 20   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.02
:     May 21   /  0.06 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.02 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.08
:     May 23   /  0.12 /  0.07 /  0.20 /  0.08
:     May 24   /  0.05 /  0.04 /  0.04
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  14.2
:     May 20   /  15.5 /  14.6 /  14.1 /  17.6
:     May 21   /  20.7 /  17.5 /  15.5 /  20.7
:     May 22   /  26.0 /  20.4 /  16.2 /  19.7
:     May 23   /  22.3 /  17.9 /  15.0 /  17.0
:     May 24   /  18.8 /  12.9 /   9.2
:____________________________________________________________________

: Alderson - Greenbrier River - RNK
: Zero Datum 1529.42 ft (NGVD 1929)  Monroe County, WV
: Flood Stage 14.0 ft   Action Stage 9.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 16.0 ft   Major Stage 19.0 ft
: Latest Stage 3.7 ft at 945am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   3.7
:     May 21   /   3.7 /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.6
:     May 22   /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.7
:
.ER ALDW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   3.6
.E2 : May 23 : /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.7
.E3 : May 24 : /   3.9 /   4.0 /   4.1 /   4.2
.E4 : May 25 : /   4.2 /   4.2 /   4.1 /   4.0
.E5 : May 26 : /   3.9 /   3.8 /   3.8 /   3.7
.E6 : May 27 : /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.5
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.00
:     May 20   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.01
:     May 21   /  0.03 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.02 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.09
:     May 23   /  0.14 /  0.06 /  0.20 /  0.07
:     May 24   /  0.05 /  0.02 /  0.02
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  16.6
:     May 20   /  18.5 /  16.6 /  15.0 /  17.8
:     May 21   /  22.2 /  18.8 /  15.7 /  20.0
:     May 22   /  27.3 /  21.2 /  15.5 /  22.3
:     May 23   /  24.7 /  19.9 /  17.0 /  18.8
:     May 24   /  20.0 /  14.4 /  11.1
:____________________________________________________________________

: Hinton - New River - RNK
: Zero Datum 1355.18 ft (NGVD 1929)  Summers County, WV
: Flood Stage 15.0 ft   Action Stage 9.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 16.0 ft   Major Stage 18.0 ft
: Latest Stage 3.7 ft at 900am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   3.7
:     May 21   /   3.8 /   3.8 /   3.8 /   4.1
:     May 22   /   4.0 /   3.8 /   3.8
:
.ER HINW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   3.7
.E2 : May 23 : /   3.7 /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.5
.E3 : May 24 : /   3.5 /   3.6 /   3.6 /   3.7
.E4 : May 25 : /   3.8 /   3.9 /   3.9 /   3.8
.E5 : May 26 : /   3.7 /   3.6 /   3.5 /   3.4
.E6 : May 27 : /   3.3 /   3.2 /   3.1
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.01
:     May 20   /  0.00 /  0.01 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 21   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.37 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.09
:     May 23   /  0.13 /  0.07 /  0.18 /  0.06
:     May 24   /  0.07 /  0.03 /  0.03
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  17.8
:     May 20   /  22.8 /  18.0 /  15.7 /  18.5
:     May 21   /  22.4 /  19.3 /  15.4 /  20.4
:     May 22   /  28.0 /  21.3 /  16.6 /  22.9
:     May 23   /  24.9 /  20.0 /  17.1 /  19.0
:     May 24   /  20.0 /  14.9 /  12.0
:____________________________________________________________________

: Camden-On-Gauley - Gauley River - RLX
: Zero Datum 2003.28 ft (NVGD 1912)  Webster County, WV
: Flood Stage 19.0 ft   Action Stage 17.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 23.0 ft   Major Stage 25.0 ft
: Latest Stage 3.3 ft at 600am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   3.3
:     May 21   /   3.4 /   3.4 /   3.4 /   3.6
:     May 22   /   3.5 /   3.4 /   3.3E
: Observed values (above) with a trailing E indicate missing values
: that were replaced with estimates from model simulations.
:
.ER COGW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   3.3
.E2 : May 23 : /   3.3 /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.4
.E3 : May 24 : /   3.7 /   4.1 /   4.5 /   4.7
.E4 : May 25 : /   4.8 /   4.8 /   4.7 /   4.6
.E5 : May 26 : /   4.5 /   4.4 /   4.2 /   4.2
.E6 : May 27 : /   4.1 /   4.0 /   3.9
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.00
:     May 20   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.06
:     May 21   /  0.05 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.09 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.09
:     May 23   /  0.12 /  0.10 /  0.27 /  0.09
:     May 24   /  0.10 /  0.07 /  0.08
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  15.8
:     May 20   /  17.8 /  15.9 /  15.0 /  17.2
:     May 21   /  20.5 /  18.9 /  15.9 /  20.4
:     May 22   /  25.7 /  20.3 /  16.0 /  19.4
:     May 23   /  22.1 /  17.6 /  14.6 /  16.1
:     May 24   /  17.6 /  11.5 /   7.6
:____________________________________________________________________

: Queen Shoals - Elk River - RLX
: Zero Datum 603.5 ft (NAVD 88)  Clay County, WV
: Flood Stage 19.0 ft   Action Stage 17.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 20.0 ft   Major Stage 25.0 ft
: Latest Stage 5.3 ft at 500am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   5.8
:     May 21   /   5.8 /   5.7 /   5.7 /   5.6
:     May 22   /   5.5 /   5.4 /   5.4E
: Observed values (above) with a trailing E indicate missing values
: that were replaced with estimates from model simulations.
:
.ER QUSW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   5.3
.E2 : May 23 : /   5.3 /   5.4 /   5.4 /   5.6
.E3 : May 24 : /   6.0 /   6.3 /   6.6 /   6.7
.E4 : May 25 : /   6.7 /   6.7 /   6.5 /   6.4
.E5 : May 26 : /   6.3 /   6.2 /   6.2 /   6.1
.E6 : May 27 : /   6.0 /   6.0 /   5.9
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.00
:     May 20   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 21   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.10 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.08
:     May 23   /  0.11 /  0.17 /  0.23 /  0.08
:     May 24   /  0.12 /  0.08 /  0.08
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  20.8
:     May 20   /  25.9 /  20.2 /  17.4 /  19.3
:     May 21   /  24.8 /  21.3 /  16.8 /  21.7
:     May 22   /  29.0 /  22.6 /  18.0 /  23.7
:     May 23   /  26.9 /  21.1 /  17.3 /  19.4
:     May 24   /  21.6 /  15.0 /  11.0
:____________________________________________________________________

: Kanawha Falls - Kanawha River - RLX
: Zero Datum 621.2 ft (NGVD 1929)  Fayette County, WV
: Flood Stage 27.0 ft   Action Stage 25.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 30.0 ft   Major Stage 35.0 ft
: Latest Stage 6.3 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   5.9
:     May 21   /   5.9 /   6.3 /   6.5 /   6.4
:     May 22   /   6.6 /   6.9 /   7.0
:
.ER KANW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   6.8
.E2 : May 23 : /   6.5 /   6.4 /   6.3 /   6.2
.E3 : May 24 : /   6.2 /   6.3 /   6.4 /   6.6
.E4 : May 25 : /   6.6 /   6.6 /   6.7 /   6.7
.E5 : May 26 : /   6.7 /   6.6 /   6.5 /   6.3
.E6 : May 27 : /   6.1 /   5.9 /   5.7
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.00
:     May 20   /  0.15 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.08
:     May 21   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.07 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.09
:     May 23   /  0.12 /  0.14 /  0.25 /  0.08
:     May 24   /  0.12 /  0.08 /  0.08
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  20.0
:     May 20   /  23.1 /  18.7 /  16.6 /  18.3
:     May 21   /  22.8 /  20.6 /  16.3 /  21.3
:     May 22   /  28.6 /  21.6 /  17.0 /  22.2
:     May 23   /  25.6 /  20.3 /  16.7 /  18.6
:     May 24   /  21.0 /  14.4 /  10.2
:____________________________________________________________________

: Charleston - Kanawha River - RLX
: Zero Datum 558.65 ft (MSL SANDY HOOK 1901)  Kanawha County, WV
: Flood Stage 30.0 ft   Action Stage 26.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 35.0 ft   Major Stage 40.0 ft
: Latest Stage 8.6 ft at 800am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /   8.2E
:     May 21   /   8.3 /   8.4E/   8.6 /   8.7E
:     May 22   /   9.9 /   8.6E/   8.6
: Observed values (above) with a trailing E indicate missing values
: that were replaced with estimates from model simulations.
:
.ER CRSW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /   8.6
.E2 : May 23 : /   8.5 /   8.4 /   8.3 /   8.3
.E3 : May 24 : /   8.3 /   8.4 /   8.6 /   8.7
.E4 : May 25 : /   8.8 /   8.8 /   8.8 /   8.8
.E5 : May 26 : /   8.8 /   8.7 /   8.6 /   8.5
.E6 : May 27 : /   8.4 /   8.2 /   8.1
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.00
:     May 20   /  0.11 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.01
:     May 21   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.00 /  0.17 /  0.01
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.08
:     May 23   /  0.11 /  0.17 /  0.19 /  0.08
:     May 24   /  0.10 /  0.06 /  0.07
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  21.2
:     May 20   /  25.3 /  19.9 /  17.3 /  19.5
:     May 21   /  24.0 /  21.1 /  17.0 /  22.2
:     May 22   /  29.2 /  21.9 /  17.5 /  23.7
:     May 23   /  26.8 /  21.3 /  17.7 /  19.8
:     May 24   /  21.9 /  15.6 /  11.7
:____________________________________________________________________

: Tornado - Coal River - RLX
: Zero Datum 570.46 ft (NGVD 1929)  Kanawha County, WV
: Flood Stage 25.0 ft   Action Stage 20.0 ft
: Moderate Stage 27.0 ft   Major Stage 32.0 ft
: Latest Stage 11.0 ft at 915am EDT on Wed, May 22
:
: Forecasts are in 6-hour increments.

:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 20                           /  10.9
:     May 21   /  10.9 /  11.0 /  11.0 /  11.0
:     May 22   /  10.9 /  11.0 /  11.0
:
.ER TORW2 20130522 Z DC201305221410/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : May 22 :                         /  11.0
.E2 : May 23 : /  11.1 /  11.1 /  11.1 /  11.3
.E3 : May 24 : /  11.6 /  11.8 /  11.9 /  11.9
.E4 : May 25 : /  11.9 /  11.8 /  11.7 /  11.5
.E5 : May 26 : /  11.4 /  11.3 /  11.2 /  11.2
.E6 : May 27 : /  11.1 /  11.0 /  11.0
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  0.01
:     May 20   /  0.49 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.18
:     May 21   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     May 22   /  0.01 /  0.50 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 22                           /  0.08
:     May 23   /  0.11 /  0.18 /  0.13 /  0.08
:     May 24   /  0.10 /  0.05 /  0.05
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     May 19                           /  22.6
:     May 20   /  26.1 /  20.2 /  17.7 /  19.7
:     May 21   /  23.7 /  21.4 /  17.8 /  23.3
:     May 22   /  29.7 /  21.4 /  17.5 /  23.7
:     May 23   /  26.9 /  21.7 /  18.1 /  20.0
:     May 24   /  22.1 /  16.1 /  12.3
:____________________________________________________________________

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