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134 FGUS51 KTIR 171407 RVFKTY River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 1007 AM EDT Mon Aug 17 2026 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://weather.gov/erh/mmefs : :************************************************************ : North Fork Kentucky River - Jackson, KY - JKL : : Action Stage 23.0 ft : Flood Stage 29.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 31.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 40.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 6.5 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER JKNK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 6.7 / 7.3 / 7.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 6.9 / 6.0 / 5.5 / 5.3 .E3 : 0819 : / 5.1 / 4.8 / 4.6 / 4.3 .E4 : 0820 : / 4.0 / 3.7 / 3.5 / 3.3 .E5 : 0821 : / 3.2 / 3.1 / 2.9 / 2.8 .E6 : 0822 : / 2.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.35/ 0.35/ 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Kentucky River - Heidelberg Lock 14, KY - JKL : : Action Stage 16.0 ft : Flood Stage 20.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 24.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 30.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 13.6 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER HLDK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HPIFFZZ/DIH6 :POOL FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 13.7 / 13.9 / 14.2 .E2 : 0818 : / 14.3 / 14.2 / 13.9 / 13.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 13.1 / 12.8 / 12.5 / 12.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 11.9 / 11.6 / 11.3 / 11.1 .E5 : 0821 : / 10.9 / 10.7 / 10.6 / 10.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 10.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.38/ 0.23/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Red River - Clay City, KY - JKL : : Action Stage 13.0 ft : Flood Stage 17.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 19.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 23.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 7.6 FT at 915 AM EDT on Aug 17 : :Crest near 13.0 FT around 8AM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 .ER CYCK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 10.7 / 11.8 / 12.9 .E2 : 0818 : / 13.0 / 11.2 / 10.4 / 9.6 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.6 / 7.7 / 7.1 / 6.4 .E4 : 0820 : / 5.9 / 5.5 / 5.2 / 4.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 4.7 / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.2 .E6 : 0822 : / 4.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.45/ 0.19/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Kentucky River - Ford Lock 10, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 24.0 ft : Flood Stage 26.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 35.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 40.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 13.2 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER FODK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HPIFFZZ/DIH6 :POOL FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 13.5 / 14.7 / 15.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 16.1 / 16.3 / 16.3 / 16.2 .E3 : 0819 : / 16.0 / 15.5 / 15.1 / 14.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 14.2 / 13.9 / 13.5 / 13.2 .E5 : 0821 : / 12.9 / 12.6 / 12.4 / 12.2 .E6 : 0822 : / 12.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.43/ 0.17/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Kentucky - Camp Nelson, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 28.0 ft : Flood Stage 30.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 36.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 40.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 15.7 FT at 915 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER CPNK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HPIFFZZ/DIH6 :POOL FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 15.4 / 15.4 / 16.3 .E2 : 0818 : / 17.6 / 18.5 / 18.8 / 18.9 .E3 : 0819 : / 18.8 / 18.6 / 18.2 / 17.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 17.1 / 16.6 / 16.2 / 15.8 .E5 : 0821 : / 15.4 / 15.0 / 14.7 / 14.4 .E6 : 0822 : / 14.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.33/ 0.15/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Kentucky River - High Bridge Lock 7, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 28.0 ft : Flood Stage 30.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 36.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 39.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 13.3 FT at 915 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER HIBK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HPIFFZZ/DIH6 :POOL FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 13.1 / 12.6 / 12.8 .E2 : 0818 : / 13.5 / 14.5 / 15.2 / 15.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 15.5 / 15.4 / 15.2 / 14.8 .E4 : 0820 : / 14.3 / 13.8 / 13.4 / 13.1 .E5 : 0821 : / 12.7 / 12.4 / 12.0 / 11.7 .E6 : 0822 : / 11.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.47/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Kentucky River - Lock 4-KY River, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 29.0 ft : Flood Stage 31.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 35.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 40.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 10.0 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER FFTK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HPIFFZZ/DIH6 :POOL FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 10.0 / 9.9 / 9.9 .E2 : 0818 : / 9.8 / 9.7 / 10.0 / 10.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 11.0 / 11.2 / 11.2 / 11.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 11.1 / 10.9 / 10.6 / 10.3 .E5 : 0821 : / 10.0 / 9.7 / 9.5 / 9.3 .E6 : 0822 : / 9.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.29/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Elkhorn Creek - Peaks Mill, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 8.0 ft : Flood Stage 10.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 14.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 5.9 FT at 915 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER PKMK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 6.7 / 6.8 / 6.6 .E2 : 0818 : / 6.3 / 6.0 / 5.7 / 5.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 5.1 / 4.9 / 4.7 / 4.5 .E4 : 0820 : / 4.3 / 4.1 / 4.0 / 3.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 3.8 / 3.7 / 3.6 / 3.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 3.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.22/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Kentucky River - Lockport Lock 2, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 30.0 ft : Flood Stage 33.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 43.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 49.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 13.6 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER LPTK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HPIFFZZ/DIH6 :POOL FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 13.6 / 13.6 / 13.5 .E2 : 0818 : / 13.4 / 13.1 / 13.0 / 13.2 .E3 : 0819 : / 13.7 / 14.2 / 14.5 / 14.5 .E4 : 0820 : / 14.5 / 14.3 / 14.0 / 13.6 .E5 : 0821 : / 13.2 / 12.8 / 12.4 / 12.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 11.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.08/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Salt River - Shepherdsville, KY - LMK : : Action Stage 30.0 ft : Flood Stage 32.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 35.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 40.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 4.4 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER SHPK2 20260817 Z DC202608171407/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 4.7 / 4.8 / 4.6 .E2 : 0818 : / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.3 / 4.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 4.0 / 3.9 / 3.8 / 3.8 .E4 : 0820 : / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.6 .E5 : 0821 : / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 3.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.45/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Crawford : :...END of MESSAGE...