River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
000 FGUS51 KTIR 180954 RVFSCI River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 554 AM EDT Tue Aug 18 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 - 10.5 FT at 500 AM EDT on Aug 18 : :Crest near 10.9 FT around 8PM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 .ER LARO1 20260818 Z DC202608180954/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 10.6 / 10.8 / 10.9 / 10.7 .E2 : 0819 : / 10.5 / 10.2 / 9.7 / 9.1 .E3 : 0820 : / 8.6 / 8.0 / 7.6 / 7.1 .E4 : 0821 : / 6.7 / 6.3 / 5.9 / 5.6 .E5 : 0822 : / 5.3 / 5.0 / 4.7 / 4.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.03/ 0.07/ 0.05/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 9.3 FT at 500 AM EDT on Aug 18 : :Crest near 9.1 FT around 2AM EDT on Thu, Aug 20 .ER PRGO1 20260818 Z DC202608180954/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 9.0 / 8.7 / 8.4 / 8.4 .E2 : 0819 : / 8.5 / 8.7 / 8.9 / 9.1 .E3 : 0820 : / 9.1 / 9.1 / 8.9 / 8.7 .E4 : 0821 : / 8.4 / 8.1 / 7.7 / 7.3 .E5 : 0822 : / 6.9 / 6.5 / 6.2 / 5.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.08/ 0.03/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 3.7 FT at 530 AM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER WRTO1 20260818 Z DC202608180954/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 3.7 / 4.2 / 4.1 / 4.0 .E2 : 0819 : / 3.9 / 3.9 / 3.9 / 3.8 .E3 : 0820 : / 3.8 / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.6 .E4 : 0821 : / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.5 .E5 : 0822 : / 3.5 / 3.5 / 2.5 / 2.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.18/ 0.05/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 15.4 FT at 445 AM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER COLO1 20260818 Z DC202608180954/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 14.6 / 14.2 / 13.7 / 13.2 .E2 : 0819 : / 12.9 / 12.5 / 12.3 / 12.2 .E3 : 0820 : / 12.1 / 12.0 / 11.9 / 11.8 .E4 : 0821 : / 11.6 / 11.5 / 11.3 / 11.0 .E5 : 0822 : / 10.8 / 10.5 / 10.0 / 9.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.12/ 0.18/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 14.5 FT at 430 AM EDT on Aug 18 : :Crest near 14.5 FT around 8AM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 .ER CRCO1 20260818 Z DC202608180954/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 14.5 / 14.5 / 14.4 / 14.1 .E2 : 0819 : / 13.7 / 13.3 / 12.9 / 12.4 .E3 : 0820 : / 11.9 / 11.5 / 11.0 / 10.6 .E4 : 0821 : / 10.2 / 9.9 / 9.5 / 9.3 .E5 : 0822 : / 9.0 / 8.7 / 8.4 / 8.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.11/ 0.09/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 13.6 FT at 500 AM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER PKTO1 20260818 Z DC202608180954/DH12/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 14.2 / 14.5 / 14.8 / 15.0 .E2 : 0819 : / 15.0 / 14.7 / 14.2 / 13.8 .E3 : 0820 : / 13.4 / 13.0 / 12.5 / 11.9 .E4 : 0821 : / 11.3 / 10.8 / 10.3 / 9.8 .E5 : 0822 : / 9.3 / 8.9 / 8.5 / 8.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.09/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Crawford : :...END of MESSAGE...