River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
097 FGUS51 KTIR 181731 RVFWBU River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 131 PM 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 : :************************************************************ : Wabash River - Linn Grove, IN - IWX : : Action Stage 9.0 ft : Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 14.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 17.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 12.0 FT at 1245 PM EDT on Aug 18 : :Fall below flood stage around 11AM EDT on Wed, Aug 19 : .ER LYNI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 12.0 / 11.9 / 11.6 .E2 : 0819 : / 11.1 / 10.9 / 10.6 / 10.3 .E3 : 0820 : / 10.0 / 9.6 / 9.1 / 8.8 .E4 : 0821 : / 8.5 / 8.3 / 8.0 / 7.8 .E5 : 0822 : / 7.7 / 7.5 / 7.3 / 7.1 .E6 : 0823 : / 7.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.04/ 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.04/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Wabash River - Wabash River at Bluffton, IN - IWX : : Action Stage 7.0 ft : Flood Stage 10.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 14.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 18.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 10.4 FT at 1245 PM EDT on Aug 18 : :Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 : .ER BLFI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 10.4 / 10.1 / 9.8 .E2 : 0819 : / 9.4 / 9.1 / 8.8 / 8.5 .E3 : 0820 : / 8.1 / 7.8 / 7.4 / 7.0 .E4 : 0821 : / 6.6 / 6.3 / 6.0 / 5.7 .E5 : 0822 : / 5.4 / 5.2 / 5.0 / 4.7 .E6 : 0823 : / 4.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.04/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Salamonie River - Portland, IN - IWX : : Action Stage 9.0 ft : Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 14.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 16.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 4.6 FT at 1245 PM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER PORI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 4.4 / 4.0 / 3.8 .E2 : 0819 : / 3.7 / 3.6 / 3.5 / 3.4 .E3 : 0820 : / 3.3 / 3.3 / 3.2 / 3.2 .E4 : 0821 : / 3.2 / 3.1 / 3.1 / 3.0 .E5 : 0822 : / 3.0 / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.9 .E6 : 0823 : / 2.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.03/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.06/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Tippecanoe River - Ora, IN - IWX : : Action Stage 9.0 ft : Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 14.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 9.6 FT at 1245 PM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER ORAI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 .E2 : 0819 : / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.1 / 9.0 .E3 : 0820 : / 8.9 / 8.9 / 8.8 / 8.7 .E4 : 0821 : / 8.7 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.5 .E5 : 0822 : / 8.4 / 8.2 / 8.0 / 7.8 .E6 : 0823 : / 7.7 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Tippecanoe River - Lake Freeman, IN - IND : : Action Flow 9000.0 cfs : Flood Flow 13000.0 cfs : Moderate Flood Flow 18000.0 cfs : Major Flood Flow 22000.0 cfs : :Latest Observed Value - 4.8 KCFS at 100 PM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER MCXI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/QTIFFZZ/DIH6 :FLOW FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 5.0 / 4.8 / 4.6 .E2 : 0819 : / 4.4 / 4.2 / 4.0 / 3.8 .E3 : 0820 : / 3.7 / 3.5 / 3.4 / 3.3 .E4 : 0821 : / 3.1 / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.8 .E5 : 0822 : / 2.7 / 2.6 / 2.5 / 2.5 .E6 : 0823 : / 2.4 : :************************************************************ : Tippecanoe River - Tippecanoe River near Delphi, IN - IND : : Action Stage 6.0 ft : Flood Stage 8.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 15.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 6.1 FT at 1245 PM EDT on Aug 18 : .ER DLPI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 6.1 / 5.8 / 5.6 .E2 : 0819 : / 5.4 / 5.2 / 5.1 / 5.0 .E3 : 0820 : / 4.9 / 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6 .E4 : 0821 : / 4.5 / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.3 .E5 : 0822 : / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.1 / 4.0 .E6 : 0823 : / 4.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.05/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Wildcat Creek - Lafayette, IN - IND : : Action Stage 6.0 ft : Flood Stage 10.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 15.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 19.5 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 10.8 FT at 1245 PM EDT on Aug 18 : :Fall below flood stage around 8PM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 : .ER LYTI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 10.6 / 10.0 / 9.4 .E2 : 0819 : / 8.8 / 8.4 / 8.0 / 7.6 .E3 : 0820 : / 7.3 / 7.0 / 6.7 / 6.4 .E4 : 0821 : / 6.1 / 5.9 / 5.8 / 5.7 .E5 : 0822 : / 5.6 / 5.4 / 5.3 / 5.2 .E6 : 0823 : / 5.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.02/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.00/ :Gage reading not trusted, ignored. :************************************************************ : Wabash River - West Lafayette, IN - IND : : Action Stage 7.0 ft : Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 18.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 26.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 14.9 FT at 1230 PM EDT on Aug 18 : :Fall below flood stage around 11AM EDT on Wed, Aug 19 : .ER LAFI3 20260818 Z DC202608181731/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0818 : / 14.6 / 13.6 / 12.5 .E2 : 0819 : / 11.5 / 10.7 / 10.1 / 9.8 .E3 : 0820 : / 9.4 / 9.0 / 8.6 / 8.3 .E4 : 0821 : / 7.9 / 7.7 / 7.4 / 7.2 .E5 : 0822 : / 7.0 / 6.8 / 6.6 / 6.5 .E6 : 0823 : / 6.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Davis : :...END of MESSAGE...