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122 FGUS51 KTIR 191327 RVFSCI River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 926 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 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 - 8.9 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 19 : :Crest near 8.0 FT around 2AM EDT on Fri, Aug 21 .ER LARO1 20260819 Z DC202608191326/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 8.5 / 7.9 / 7.4 .E2 : 0820 : / 7.1 / 7.3 / 7.8 / 8.0 .E3 : 0821 : / 7.6 / 7.2 / 6.7 / 6.3 .E4 : 0822 : / 5.9 / 5.6 / 5.3 / 5.0 .E5 : 0823 : / 4.8 / 4.4 / 4.1 / 3.8 .E6 : 0824 : / 3.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.19/ 0.38/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 8.2 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 19 : :Crest near 9.1 FT around 2PM EDT on Thu, Aug 20 .ER PRGO1 20260819 Z DC202608191326/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 8.4 / 8.7 / 8.9 .E2 : 0820 : / 9.0 / 9.1 / 8.9 / 8.7 .E3 : 0821 : / 8.5 / 8.2 / 7.9 / 7.6 .E4 : 0822 : / 7.3 / 7.0 / 6.7 / 6.4 .E5 : 0823 : / 6.3 / 6.2 / 6.0 / 5.8 .E6 : 0824 : / 5.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.21/ 0.40/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 4.3 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER WRTO1 20260819 Z DC202608191326/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.6 .E2 : 0820 : / 4.7 / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.6 .E3 : 0821 : / 4.5 / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.4 .E4 : 0822 : / 4.4 / 2.8 / 2.7 / 2.7 .E5 : 0823 : / 2.6 / 2.6 / 2.6 / 2.5 .E6 : 0824 : / 2.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.05/ 0.49/ 0.12/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 12.1 FT at 845 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER COLO1 20260819 Z DC202608191326/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 12.2 / 12.2 / 12.4 .E2 : 0820 : / 12.7 / 13.0 / 13.2 / 13.2 .E3 : 0821 : / 13.1 / 12.8 / 12.5 / 12.2 .E4 : 0822 : / 11.9 / 11.2 / 10.4 / 10.1 .E5 : 0823 : / 9.8 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.3 .E6 : 0824 : / 9.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.06/ 0.57/ 0.26/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 12.9 FT at 830 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER CRCO1 20260819 Z DC202608191326/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 12.2 / 11.2 / 10.8 .E2 : 0820 : / 10.7 / 10.8 / 11.3 / 11.8 .E3 : 0821 : / 12.1 / 12.2 / 12.2 / 11.9 .E4 : 0822 : / 11.5 / 10.9 / 10.4 / 9.8 .E5 : 0823 : / 9.1 / 8.4 / 7.9 / 7.4 .E6 : 0824 : / 7.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.63/ 0.41/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 14.3 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER PKTO1 20260819 Z DC202608191326/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 14.3 / 14.2 / 14.0 .E2 : 0820 : / 13.4 / 12.7 / 12.2 / 11.5 .E3 : 0821 : / 10.6 / 9.9 / 9.8 / 10.1 .E4 : 0822 : / 10.6 / 11.1 / 11.2 / 11.2 .E5 : 0823 : / 10.9 / 10.5 / 10.0 / 9.4 .E6 : 0824 : / 8.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.24/ 0.06/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : SCS : :...END of MESSAGE...