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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
316 AM EDT Mon Sep 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


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: Scioto River - La Rue, OH - CLE
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          12.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    14.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 9.7 FT at 300 AM EDT on Sep 21
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:Crest near 10.9 FT around 2PM EDT on Mon, Sep 21
.ER LARO1 20260921 Z DC202609210716/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0921 :   /  10.5 /  10.9 /  10.8 /  10.5
.E2    : 0922 :   /  10.1 /   9.6 /   9.1 /   8.6
.E3    : 0923 :   /   8.1 /   7.6 /   7.2 /   6.7
.E4    : 0924 :   /   6.3 /   5.9 /   5.6 /   5.3
.E5    : 0925 :   /   5.0 /   4.8 /   4.4 /   4.1
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:    0.28/ 0.15/ 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Scioto River - Prospect, OH - CLE
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          12.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.5 ft
: Major Flood Stage    15.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 6.4 FT at 800 PM EDT on Sep 20
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:Crest near 9.4 FT around 8PM EDT on Tue, Sep 22
.ER PRGO1 20260921 Z DC202609210716/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0921 :   /   6.1 /   6.2 /   6.6 /   7.5
.E2    : 0922 :   /   8.3 /   9.0 /   9.4 /   9.4
.E3    : 0923 :   /   9.1 /   8.8 /   8.4 /   8.0
.E4    : 0924 :   /   7.6 /   7.2 /   6.8 /   6.3
.E5    : 0925 :   /   6.0 /   5.6 /   5.3 /   5.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:    0.32/ 0.17/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Olentangy River - Worthington, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    16.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 6.5 FT at 245 AM EDT on Sep 21
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.ER WRTO1 20260921 Z DC202609210716/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0921 :   /   5.4 /   3.9 /   3.3 /   3.1
.E2    : 0922 :   /   2.9 /   2.8 /   2.7 /   2.6
.E3    : 0923 :   /   2.6 /   2.5 /   2.4 /   2.4
.E4    : 0924 :   /   2.3 /   2.3 /   2.2 /   2.2
.E5    : 0925 :   /   2.2 /   2.1 /   2.1 /   2.1
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:    0.34/ 0.24/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Scioto River - Columbus, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         16.0 ft
: Flood Stage          24.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    27.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 11.8 FT at 245 AM EDT on Sep 21
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.ER COLO1 20260921 Z DC202609210716/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0921 :   /  13.9 /  14.4 /  13.7 /  13.2
.E2    : 0922 :   /  13.6 /  13.8 /  13.4 /  12.8
.E3    : 0923 :   /  12.5 /  12.2 /  11.9 /  11.6
.E4    : 0924 :   /  11.2 /  10.8 /  10.5 /  10.2
.E5    : 0925 :   /   9.8 /   9.6 /   9.3 /   9.1
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:    0.30/ 0.16/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Scioto River - Circleville, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         13.0 ft
: Flood Stage          15.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 20.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    26.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 9.5 FT at 230 AM EDT on Sep 21
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:Crest near 14.7 FT around 8AM EDT on Tue, Sep 22
.ER CRCO1 20260921 Z DC202609210716/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0921 :   /  10.6 /  12.8 /  14.1 /  14.6
.E2    : 0922 :   /  14.7 /  14.3 /  14.0 /  13.3
.E3    : 0923 :   /  12.4 /  11.6 /  10.9 /  10.2
.E4    : 0924 :   /   9.5 /   8.9 /   8.3 /   7.7
.E5    : 0925 :   /   7.2 /   6.7 /   6.3 /   5.9
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:    0.19/ 0.20/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Scioto River - Piketon, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         17.0 ft
: Flood Stage          20.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 24.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    36.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 16.5 FT at 200 AM EDT on Sep 21
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:Crest near 18.7 FT around 8PM EDT on Mon, Sep 21
.ER PKTO1 20260921 Z DC202609210716/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0921 :   /  17.6 /  18.3 /  18.7 /  18.5
.E2    : 0922 :   /  18.4 /  18.3 /  17.8 /  17.0
.E3    : 0923 :   /  16.1 /  15.1 /  14.1 /  13.0
.E4    : 0924 :   /  12.1 /  11.3 /  10.6 /   9.8
.E5    : 0925 :   /   9.2 /   8.7 /   8.0 /   7.5
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:    0.17/ 0.09/ 0.10/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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