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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
1017 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 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 - 10.3 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 16
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.ER LARO1 20260816 Z DC202608161417/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           /  10.2 /   9.7 /   8.9
.E2    : 0817 :   /   8.6 /   8.3 /   7.9 /   7.6
.E3    : 0818 :   /   7.3 /   6.9 /   6.6 /   6.2
.E4    : 0819 :   /   5.8 /   5.5 /   5.2 /   4.9
.E5    : 0820 :   /   4.5 /   4.2 /   3.8 /   3.5
.E6    : 0821 :   /   3.3
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.12/ 0.10/ 0.00/ 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 - 7.8 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 16
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:Crest near 8.7 FT around 2PM EDT on Mon, Aug 17
.ER PRGO1 20260816 Z DC202608161417/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           /   7.9 /   8.2 /   8.4
.E2    : 0817 :   /   8.6 /   8.7 /   8.7 /   8.5
.E3    : 0818 :   /   8.0 /   7.5 /   7.2 /   6.8
.E4    : 0819 :   /   6.6 /   6.4 /   6.2 /   6.0
.E5    : 0820 :   /   5.7 /   5.5 /   5.2 /   4.9
.E6    : 0821 :   /   4.7
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.11/ 0.13/ 0.01/ 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 - 4.1 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 16
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.ER WRTO1 20260816 Z DC202608161417/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           /   3.9 /   3.2 /   3.2
.E2    : 0817 :   /   3.1 /   3.0 /   2.9 /   2.8
.E3    : 0818 :   /   2.7 /   2.7 /   2.6 /   2.6
.E4    : 0819 :   /   2.5 /   2.5 /   2.4 /   2.4
.E5    : 0820 :   /   2.4 /   2.4 /   2.3 /   2.3
.E6    : 0821 :   /   2.3
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.12/ 0.18/ 0.02/ 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 - 13.9 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 16
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.ER COLO1 20260816 Z DC202608161417/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           /  13.2 /  12.1 /  12.0
.E2    : 0817 :   /  11.1 /  11.2 /  11.2 /  11.2
.E3    : 0818 :   /  11.1 /  11.0 /  10.7 /  10.4
.E4    : 0819 :   /  10.0 /   9.8 /   9.5 /   9.3
.E5    : 0820 :   /   9.2 /   9.1 /   8.9 /   8.8
.E6    : 0821 :   /   8.6
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.12/ 0.15/ 0.02/ 0.01/ 0.01/ 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 - 11.2 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 16
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:Crest near 14.1 FT around 2AM EDT on Mon, Aug 17
.ER CRCO1 20260816 Z DC202608161417/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           /  12.6 /  13.8 /  14.1
.E2    : 0817 :   /  13.8 /  13.3 /  12.7 /  12.0
.E3    : 0818 :   /  11.3 /  10.6 /  10.0 /   9.5
.E4    : 0819 :   /   9.0 /   8.5 /   8.1 /   7.8
.E5    : 0820 :   /   7.4 /   7.1 /   6.8 /   6.6
.E6    : 0821 :   /   6.4
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.11/ 0.20/ 0.04/ 0.01/ 0.04/ 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 - 11.2 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 16
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.ER PKTO1 20260816 Z DC202608161417/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           /  11.2 /  11.2 /  11.3
.E2    : 0817 :   /  12.0 /  13.2 /  14.0 /  14.2
.E3    : 0818 :   /  14.0 /  13.4 /  12.7 /  11.8
.E4    : 0819 :   /  11.0 /  10.2 /   9.5 /   8.9
.E5    : 0820 :   /   8.4 /   7.9 /   7.5 /   7.2
.E6    : 0821 :   /   6.9
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.03/ 0.29/ 0.09/ 0.01/ 0.04/ 0.06/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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