River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
137 FGUS51 KTIR 211249 RVFSCI River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 849 AM EDT Fri Aug 21 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 : :************************************************************ : Scioto River - La Rue, OH - CLE : : Action Stage 8.0 ft : Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 14.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 12.3 FT at 800 AM EDT on Aug 21 : :Crest near 12.3 FT around 2PM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 :Fall below flood stage around 5PM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 : .ER LARO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 12.3 / 11.9 / 11.4 .E2 : 0822 : / 10.8 / 10.2 / 9.7 / 9.2 .E3 : 0823 : / 8.7 / 8.3 / 7.8 / 7.4 .E4 : 0824 : / 7.1 / 6.7 / 6.4 / 6.1 .E5 : 0825 : / 5.8 / 5.5 / 5.3 / 5.1 .E6 : 0826 : / 4.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.08/ 0.08/ 0.01/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Scioto River - Prospect, OH - CLE : : Action Stage 8.0 ft : Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 13.5 ft : Major Flood Stage 15.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 6.9 FT at 800 AM EDT on Aug 21 : :Crest near 8.5 FT around 2AM EDT on Sun, Aug 23 .ER PRGO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 6.7 / 6.8 / 7.0 .E2 : 0822 : / 7.5 / 8.0 / 8.4 / 8.5 .E3 : 0823 : / 8.4 / 8.2 / 7.9 / 7.7 .E4 : 0824 : / 7.4 / 7.1 / 6.8 / 6.6 .E5 : 0825 : / 6.3 / 6.0 / 5.8 / 5.5 .E6 : 0826 : / 5.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.05/ 0.14/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Olentangy River - Worthington, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 8.0 ft : Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 16.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 3.1 FT at 830 AM EDT on Aug 21 : .ER WRTO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.8 .E2 : 0822 : / 3.9 / 6.7 / 6.7 / 5.3 .E3 : 0823 : / 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.0 / 4.0 .E4 : 0824 : / 2.9 / 2.5 / 2.5 / 2.5 .E5 : 0825 : / 2.5 / 2.5 / 2.5 / 2.5 .E6 : 0826 : / 2.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.27/ 0.01/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Scioto River - Columbus, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 16.0 ft : Flood Stage 24.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 27.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 14.2 FT at 745 AM EDT on Aug 21 : .ER COLO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 13.5 / 12.8 / 11.9 .E2 : 0822 : / 11.6 / 12.0 / 13.9 / 14.0 .E3 : 0823 : / 12.9 / 12.0 / 11.9 / 11.7 .E4 : 0824 : / 11.5 / 10.6 / 10.2 / 10.0 .E5 : 0825 : / 9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4 / 9.2 .E6 : 0826 : / 9.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.23/ 0.01/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Scioto River - Circleville, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 13.0 ft : Flood Stage 15.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 20.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 26.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 17.8 FT at 730 AM EDT on Aug 21 : :Crest near 18.5 FT around 8PM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 :Fall below flood stage around 5AM EDT on Sun, Aug 23 : .ER CRCO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 18.4 / 18.5 / 18.5 .E2 : 0822 : / 18.1 / 17.4 / 16.5 / 15.6 .E3 : 0823 : / 14.9 / 14.2 / 13.7 / 13.2 .E4 : 0824 : / 12.8 / 12.3 / 11.8 / 11.3 .E5 : 0825 : / 10.7 / 10.1 / 9.5 / 9.0 .E6 : 0826 : / 8.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.27/ 0.02/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Scioto River - Chillicothe, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 14.0 ft : Flood Stage 16.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 22.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 31.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 11.8 FT at 745 AM EDT on Aug 21 : :Crest near 14.1 FT around 8AM EDT on Sat, Aug 22 .ER CHCO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 12.9 / 13.6 / 14.0 .E2 : 0822 : / 14.1 / 13.9 / 13.5 / 13.4 .E3 : 0823 : / 12.8 / 12.2 / 11.7 / 11.3 .E4 : 0824 : / 10.9 / 10.6 / 10.3 / 9.9 .E5 : 0825 : / 9.6 / 9.3 / 8.9 / 8.6 .E6 : 0826 : / 8.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.21/ 0.02/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Scioto River - Piketon, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 17.0 ft : Flood Stage 20.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 24.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 36.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 12.8 FT at 800 AM EDT on Aug 21 : :Crest near 18.3 FT around 8PM EDT on Sat, Aug 22 .ER PKTO1 20260821 Z DC202608211249/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0821 : / 13.6 / 14.5 / 15.6 .E2 : 0822 : / 16.8 / 17.8 / 18.3 / 18.3 .E3 : 0823 : / 17.9 / 17.4 / 16.9 / 16.1 .E4 : 0824 : / 15.2 / 14.4 / 13.7 / 13.1 .E5 : 0825 : / 12.5 / 12.0 / 11.5 / 11.0 .E6 : 0826 : / 10.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.18/ 0.05/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : SCS : :...END of MESSAGE...