River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
071 FGUS51 KTIR 201852 RVFSCI River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 251 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 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 - 9.3 FT at 200 PM EDT on Aug 20 : :Crest near 10.1 FT around 2AM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 .ER LARO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 9.8 / 10.1 .E2 : 0821 : / 10.1 / 10.0 / 9.7 / 9.3 .E3 : 0822 : / 8.9 / 8.4 / 8.0 / 7.6 .E4 : 0823 : / 7.2 / 6.8 / 6.4 / 6.1 .E5 : 0824 : / 5.7 / 5.4 / 5.1 / 4.8 .E6 : 0825 : / 4.4 / 3.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.07/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.11/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 8.2 FT at 200 PM EDT on Aug 20 : .ER PRGO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 8.1 / 8.0 .E2 : 0821 : / 8.0 / 8.0 / 8.1 / 7.9 .E3 : 0822 : / 7.7 / 7.6 / 7.4 / 7.2 .E4 : 0823 : / 7.1 / 6.9 / 6.8 / 6.7 .E5 : 0824 : / 6.6 / 6.3 / 6.1 / 5.8 .E6 : 0825 : / 5.6 / 5.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.06/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 4.8 FT at 230 PM EDT on Aug 20 : .ER WRTO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 3.5 / 3.4 .E2 : 0821 : / 3.3 / 3.2 / 3.1 / 2.8 .E3 : 0822 : / 3.9 / 6.7 / 6.6 / 5.3 .E4 : 0823 : / 4.0 / 4.1 / 4.0 / 4.0 .E5 : 0824 : / 2.9 / 2.5 / 2.5 / 2.5 .E6 : 0825 : / 2.5 / 2.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.01/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 21.8 FT at 145 PM EDT on Aug 20 : .ER COLO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 17.5 / 15.5 .E2 : 0821 : / 14.5 / 13.5 / 12.9 / 12.3 .E3 : 0822 : / 11.9 / 12.2 / 13.9 / 13.6 .E4 : 0823 : / 12.5 / 11.4 / 11.3 / 11.1 .E5 : 0824 : / 10.9 / 10.0 / 9.7 / 9.6 .E6 : 0825 : / 9.4 / 9.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.01/ 0.06/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Big Darby Creek - Darbyville, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 10.0 ft : Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 17.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 20.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 9.9 FT at 200 PM EDT on Aug 20 : :Crest near 10.9 FT around 2AM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 .ER DBVO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 10.5 / 10.9 .E2 : 0821 : / 10.8 / 10.1 / 9.3 / 8.6 .E3 : 0822 : / 8.0 / 7.6 / 7.2 / 6.9 .E4 : 0823 : / 6.5 / 6.2 / 5.9 / 5.7 .E5 : 0824 : / 5.5 / 5.3 / 5.1 / 4.9 .E6 : 0825 : / 4.8 / 4.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.04/ 0.06/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 12.5 FT at 1130 AM EDT on Aug 20 : :Crest near 19.6 FT around 2PM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 :Fall below flood stage around 5AM EDT on Sun, Aug 23 : .ER CRCO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 15.9 / 17.7 .E2 : 0821 : / 19.1 / 19.6 / 19.6 / 19.1 .E3 : 0822 : / 18.6 / 17.4 / 16.2 / 15.2 .E4 : 0823 : / 14.3 / 13.4 / 12.6 / 11.8 .E5 : 0824 : / 11.1 / 10.4 / 9.8 / 9.2 .E6 : 0825 : / 8.7 / 8.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 8.9 FT at 145 PM EDT on Aug 20 : :Crest near 15.0 FT around 2AM EDT on Sat, Aug 22 .ER CHCO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 10.2 / 11.6 .E2 : 0821 : / 12.7 / 13.6 / 14.6 / 15.0 .E3 : 0822 : / 15.0 / 14.7 / 14.6 / 14.1 .E4 : 0823 : / 13.4 / 12.4 / 11.6 / 10.9 .E5 : 0824 : / 10.3 / 9.7 / 9.2 / 8.7 .E6 : 0825 : / 8.3 / 7.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 11.0 FT at 200 PM EDT on Aug 20 : :Crest near 19.8 FT around 2PM EDT on Sat, Aug 22 .ER PKTO1 20260821 Z DC202608201851/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 9.8 / 9.5 .E2 : 0821 : / 10.6 / 13.3 / 15.6 / 17.4 .E3 : 0822 : / 18.7 / 19.8 / 19.6 / 18.2 .E4 : 0823 : / 17.1 / 16.1 / 14.9 / 13.4 .E5 : 0824 : / 12.2 / 11.5 / 10.9 / 10.3 .E6 : 0825 : / 9.6 / 9.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Noel : :...END of MESSAGE...