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589 FGUS51 KTIR 051456 RVFWHT River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 1056 AM EDT Tue May 05 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 : :************************************************************ : White River - Nora, IN - IND : : Action Stage 7.5 ft : Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 16.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 19.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 3.9 FT at 1000 AM EDT on May 05 : .ER NORI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 4.2 / 4.6 / 4.7 .E2 : 0506 : / 5.2 / 5.9 / 6.6 / 6.9 .E3 : 0507 : / 7.0 / 6.9 / 6.6 / 6.2 .E4 : 0508 : / 5.8 / 5.5 / 5.2 / 4.9 .E5 : 0509 : / 4.7 / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.3 .E6 : 0510 : / 4.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.16/ 0.31/ 0.27/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Indianapolis, IN - IND : : Action Stage 10.0 ft : Flood Stage 16.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 20.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 22.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 5.1 FT at 945 AM EDT on May 05 : .ER INDI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 5.4 / 6.0 / 6.6 .E2 : 0506 : / 6.9 / 7.1 / 7.5 / 7.7 .E3 : 0507 : / 7.8 / 7.7 / 7.5 / 7.3 .E4 : 0508 : / 7.0 / 6.7 / 6.4 / 6.1 .E5 : 0509 : / 5.9 / 5.7 / 5.6 / 5.4 .E6 : 0510 : / 5.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.18/ 0.37/ 0.36/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Eagle Creek - Zionsville, IN - IND : : Action Stage 7.0 ft : Flood Stage 9.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 11.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 15.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 2.6 FT at 1045 AM EDT on May 05 : .ER ZONI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 2.8 / 3.1 / 3.5 .E2 : 0506 : / 3.6 / 3.3 / 3.0 / 2.8 .E3 : 0507 : / 2.6 / 2.4 / 2.3 / 2.2 .E4 : 0508 : / 2.2 / 2.1 / 2.1 / 2.0 .E5 : 0509 : / 2.0 / 2.0 / 2.0 / 1.9 .E6 : 0510 : / 1.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.19/ 0.29/ 0.29/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Centerton, IN - IND : : Action Stage 9.0 ft : Flood Stage 12.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 16.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 19.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 2.5 FT at 1000 AM EDT on May 05 : .ER CNTI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 2.8 / 3.7 / 4.6 .E2 : 0506 : / 6.1 / 7.2 / 7.9 / 8.2 .E3 : 0507 : / 8.3 / 8.2 / 7.9 / 7.4 .E4 : 0508 : / 6.8 / 6.2 / 5.6 / 5.1 .E5 : 0509 : / 4.6 / 4.2 / 3.9 / 3.6 .E6 : 0510 : / 3.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.19/ 0.48/ 0.42/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - IPL Power Plant, IN - IND : : Action Stage 599.5 ft : Flood Stage 603.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 607.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 610.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - M FT M : :Crest near 600.8 FT around 8AM EDT on Thu, May 7 .ER CENI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 596.3 / 597.1 / 597.9 .E2 : 0506 : / 599.1 / 600.0 / 600.5 / 600.7 .E3 : 0507 : / 600.8 / 600.7 / 600.5 / 600.1 .E4 : 0508 : / 599.7 / 599.2 / 598.7 / 598.3 .E5 : 0509 : / 597.9 / 597.6 / 597.3 / 597.1 .E6 : 0510 : / 596.9 / 596.7 / 596.5 / 596.4 .E7 : 0511 : / 596.3 / 596.2 / 596.1 / 596.0 .E8 : 0512 : / 595.9 / 595.9 / 595.8 / 595.7 .E9 : 0513 : / 595.7 / 595.6 / 595.6 / 595.6 .E10 : 0514 : / 595.5 / 595.5 / 595.4 / 595.4 .E11 : 0515 : / 595.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.19/ 0.48/ 0.42/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Spencer, IN - IND : : Action Stage 9.0 ft : Flood Stage 14.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 20.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 24.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 5.2 FT at 1030 AM EDT on May 05 : :Crest near 12.4 FT around 8PM EDT on Thu, May 7 .ER SPNI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 5.2 / 5.6 / 6.4 .E2 : 0506 : / 7.5 / 8.6 / 9.7 / 10.9 .E3 : 0507 : / 11.8 / 12.3 / 12.4 / 12.4 .E4 : 0508 : / 12.2 / 11.8 / 11.2 / 10.6 .E5 : 0509 : / 9.9 / 9.2 / 8.6 / 8.1 .E6 : 0510 : / 7.6 / 7.2 / 6.8 / 6.5 .E7 : 0511 : / 6.2 / 5.9 / 5.7 / 5.5 .E8 : 0512 : / 5.3 / 5.2 / 5.0 / 4.9 .E9 : 0513 : / 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.5 .E10 : 0514 : / 4.4 / 4.3 / 4.2 / 4.2 .E11 : 0515 : / 4.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.24/ 0.54/ 0.47/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Elliston, IN - IND : : Action Stage 14.0 ft : Flood Stage 18.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 29.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 11.3 FT at 800 AM EDT on May 05 : : :Rise above flood stage around 5AM EDT on Thu, May 7 : :Crest near 20.3 FT around 8AM EDT on Fri, May 8 :Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Sat, May 9 : .ER ELLI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 11.2 / 11.4 / 12.6 .E2 : 0506 : / 14.4 / 16.1 / 16.6 / 17.6 .E3 : 0507 : / 18.5 / 19.3 / 19.9 / 20.2 .E4 : 0508 : / 20.3 / 20.1 / 20.0 / 19.7 .E5 : 0509 : / 19.3 / 18.8 / 18.2 / 17.6 .E6 : 0510 : / 16.8 / 15.8 / 14.3 / 12.9 .E7 : 0511 : / 12.3 / 11.7 / 11.3 / 10.9 .E8 : 0512 : / 10.6 / 10.3 / 10.1 / 9.9 .E9 : 0513 : / 9.8 / 9.6 / 9.5 / 9.3 .E10 : 0514 : / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.9 .E11 : 0515 : / 8.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.33/ 0.40/ 0.41/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Newberry, IN - IND : : Action Stage 8.0 ft : Flood Stage 13.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 19.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 24.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 5.0 FT at 1030 AM EDT on May 05 : : :Rise above flood stage around 11PM EDT on Thu, May 7 : :Crest near 13.7 FT around 8AM EDT on Fri, May 8 :Fall below flood stage around 5AM EDT on Sat, May 9 : .ER NWBI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 4.9 / 4.9 / 5.4 .E2 : 0506 : / 6.6 / 8.0 / 9.4 / 10.0 .E3 : 0507 : / 10.9 / 11.9 / 12.8 / 13.4 .E4 : 0508 : / 13.7 / 13.7 / 13.4 / 13.1 .E5 : 0509 : / 12.7 / 12.1 / 11.4 / 10.8 .E6 : 0510 : / 10.1 / 9.3 / 8.4 / 7.4 .E7 : 0511 : / 6.6 / 6.2 / 5.8 / 5.5 .E8 : 0512 : / 5.3 / 5.1 / 4.9 / 4.8 .E9 : 0513 : / 4.6 / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.2 .E10 : 0514 : / 4.1 / 4.0 / 3.9 / 3.9 .E11 : 0515 : / 3.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.34/ 0.66/ 0.51/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Edwardsport, IN - IND : : Action Stage 12.0 ft : Flood Stage 15.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 22.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 25.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 9.5 FT at 700 AM EDT on May 05 : : :Rise above flood stage around 11AM EDT on Thu, May 7 : :Crest near 17.5 FT around 2AM EDT on Sat, May 9 :Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Sun, May 10 : .ER FREI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 9.3 / 9.1 / 9.2 .E2 : 0506 : / 9.8 / 10.7 / 12.0 / 13.2 .E3 : 0507 : / 14.3 / 15.1 / 15.7 / 16.3 .E4 : 0508 : / 16.8 / 17.2 / 17.4 / 17.5 .E5 : 0509 : / 17.5 / 17.3 / 17.1 / 16.8 .E6 : 0510 : / 16.4 / 16.0 / 15.4 / 14.7 .E7 : 0511 : / 13.8 / 12.9 / 12.0 / 11.3 .E8 : 0512 : / 10.7 / 10.1 / 9.7 / 9.3 .E9 : 0513 : / 9.0 / 8.7 / 8.5 / 8.3 .E10 : 0514 : / 8.1 / 7.9 / 7.7 / 7.6 .E11 : 0515 : / 7.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.41/ 0.64/ 0.48/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Petersburg, IN - IND : : Action Stage 12.0 ft : Flood Stage 16.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 23.5 ft : Major Flood Stage 26.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 17.1 FT at 1030 AM EDT on May 05 : :Crest near 19.8 FT around 2AM EDT on Fri, May 8 :Fall below flood stage around 5PM EDT on Wed, May 13 : .ER PTRI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 16.9 / 16.5 / 16.3 .E2 : 0506 : / 16.3 / 16.5 / 17.0 / 17.9 .E3 : 0507 : / 18.7 / 19.4 / 19.7 / 19.8 .E4 : 0508 : / 19.8 / 19.8 / 19.7 / 19.6 .E5 : 0509 : / 19.5 / 19.5 / 19.5 / 19.5 .E6 : 0510 : / 19.5 / 19.5 / 19.5 / 19.5 .E7 : 0511 : / 19.4 / 19.2 / 19.1 / 18.8 .E8 : 0512 : / 18.5 / 18.2 / 17.8 / 17.3 .E9 : 0513 : / 16.9 / 16.3 / 15.8 / 15.3 .E10 : 0514 : / 14.6 / 13.9 / 13.1 / 12.3 .E11 : 0515 : / 11.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.37/ 0.76/ 0.66/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : White River - Hazleton, IN - IND : : Action Stage 12.0 ft : Flood Stage 16.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 24.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 28.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - M FT M : :Crest near 20.3 FT around 8PM EDT on Fri, May 8 :Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Thu, May 14 : .ER HAZI3 20260505 Z DC202605051456/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0505 : / 19.5 / 19.5 / 19.3 .E2 : 0506 : / 19.2 / 19.0 / 18.8 / 18.7 .E3 : 0507 : / 18.8 / 19.1 / 19.5 / 19.8 .E4 : 0508 : / 20.1 / 20.2 / 20.3 / 20.3 .E5 : 0509 : / 20.3 / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.1 .E6 : 0510 : / 20.1 / 20.1 / 20.1 / 20.0 .E7 : 0511 : / 20.0 / 20.0 / 19.9 / 19.8 .E8 : 0512 : / 19.6 / 19.5 / 19.3 / 19.0 .E9 : 0513 : / 18.6 / 18.3 / 17.9 / 17.5 .E10 : 0514 : / 17.1 / 16.6 / 16.1 / 15.6 .E11 : 0515 : / 15.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.47/ 0.68/ 0.66/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : : :...END of MESSAGE...