River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
226 FGUS51 KTIR 171434 RVFWBU River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 1034 AM EDT Mon Aug 17 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 - 12.5 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : :Fall below flood stage around 5AM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 : .ER LYNI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 12.3 / 11.9 / 11.5 .E2 : 0818 : / 10.9 / 10.1 / 9.5 / 9.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.7 / 8.4 / 8.2 / 7.9 .E4 : 0820 : / 7.6 / 7.2 / 6.9 / 6.7 .E5 : 0821 : / 6.5 / 6.3 / 6.1 / 5.9 .E6 : 0822 : / 5.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.05/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 11.0 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : :Fall below flood stage around 5AM EDT on Tue, Aug 18 : .ER BLFI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 10.9 / 10.7 / 10.4 .E2 : 0818 : / 9.9 / 9.4 / 8.8 / 8.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 7.4 / 6.9 / 6.4 / 6.0 .E4 : 0820 : / 5.6 / 5.2 / 4.9 / 4.5 .E5 : 0821 : / 4.2 / 4.0 / 3.7 / 3.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 3.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.01/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 - 11.6 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : :Crest near 11.0 FT around 2PM EDT on Mon, Aug 17 .ER PORI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 11.0 / 9.0 / 7.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 7.0 / 6.4 / 5.9 / 5.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 5.0 / 4.6 / 4.4 / 4.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 4.0 / 3.9 / 3.7 / 3.6 .E5 : 0821 : / 3.5 / 3.5 / 3.4 / 3.3 .E6 : 0822 : / 3.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.10/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Salamonie River - Salamonie River nr Warren, IN - IWX : : Action Stage 10.0 ft : Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 15.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 17.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 10.1 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER WRNI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 9.9 / 9.7 / 9.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 9.9 / 9.8 / 9.6 / 9.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 9.2 / 9.0 / 8.8 / 8.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 8.4 / 8.2 / 8.0 / 7.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 7.8 / 7.7 / 7.6 / 7.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 7.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 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 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER ORAI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 9.5 / 9.3 / 9.2 .E2 : 0818 : / 9.1 / 8.9 / 8.9 / 8.8 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.7 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.5 .E4 : 0820 : / 8.5 / 8.4 / 8.3 / 8.3 .E5 : 0821 : / 8.2 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.03/ 0.09/ : :************************************************************ : Tippecanoe River - Tippecanoe River at Winamac, IN - IWX : : Action Stage 8.0 ft : Flood Stage 10.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 13.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 8.4 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER WMCI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 8.3 / 8.1 / 7.9 .E2 : 0818 : / 7.7 / 7.5 / 7.4 / 7.2 .E3 : 0819 : / 7.0 / 6.9 / 6.8 / 6.7 .E4 : 0820 : / 6.6 / 6.5 / 6.4 / 6.3 .E5 : 0821 : / 6.2 / 6.2 / 6.1 / 6.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 6.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.05/ 0.13/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 7.6 KCFS at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER MCXI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/QTIFFZZ/DIH6 :FLOW FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 7.3 / 7.0 / 6.6 .E2 : 0818 : / 6.3 / 6.0 / 5.8 / 5.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 5.3 / 5.1 / 4.9 / 4.7 .E4 : 0820 : / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.2 / 4.1 .E5 : 0821 : / 4.0 / 3.9 / 3.8 / 3.7 .E6 : 0822 : / 3.6 : :************************************************************ : 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 - 7.2 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : .ER DLPI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 7.0 / 6.7 / 6.5 .E2 : 0818 : / 6.2 / 5.9 / 5.6 / 5.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 5.3 / 5.1 / 5.0 / 4.9 .E4 : 0820 : / 4.8 / 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6 .E5 : 0821 : / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.3 / 4.2 .E6 : 0822 : / 4.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.34/ : :************************************************************ : 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 - 13.2 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 17 : :Crest near 14.0 FT around 2PM EDT on Mon, Aug 17 :Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Wed, Aug 19 : .ER LYTI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 14.0 / 13.6 / 13.0 .E2 : 0818 : / 12.6 / 12.3 / 11.8 / 11.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 10.9 / 10.5 / 10.1 / 9.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 9.2 / 8.7 / 8.3 / 8.0 .E5 : 0821 : / 7.7 / 7.4 / 7.1 / 6.9 .E6 : 0822 : / 6.7 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.14/ :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 - 18.3 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 17 : :Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Thu, Aug 20 : .ER LAFI3 20260817 Z DC202608171434/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 17.7 / 17.1 / 16.6 .E2 : 0818 : / 16.1 / 15.6 / 14.9 / 14.3 .E3 : 0819 : / 13.5 / 13.0 / 12.7 / 12.4 .E4 : 0820 : / 12.1 / 11.7 / 11.2 / 10.7 .E5 : 0821 : / 10.4 / 10.0 / 9.6 / 9.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.27/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Crawford : :...END of MESSAGE...