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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
944 PM EDT Wed May 20 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


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: Little Wabash River - Clay City, IL - ILX
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: Action Stage         15.0 ft
: Flood Stage          18.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 22.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    25.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 22.6 FT at 845 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 22.6 FT around 2AM EDT on Thu, May 21
:Fall below flood stage around 11PM EDT on Sun, May 24
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.ER CLAI2 20260521 Z DC202605210144/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                           /  22.6
.E2    : 0521 :   /  22.6 /  22.5 /  22.3 /  22.0
.E3    : 0522 :   /  21.7 /  21.4 /  21.0 /  20.7
.E4    : 0523 :   /  20.5 /  20.3 /  20.1 /  19.9
.E5    : 0524 :   /  19.6 /  19.0 /  18.1 /  17.1
.E6    : 0525 :   /  16.3 /  15.6 /  15.2
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.27/ 0.25/
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: Skillet Fork River - Wayne City, IL - PAH
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: Action Stage         13.0 ft
: Flood Stage          15.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 17.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    20.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 13.2 FT at 900 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 14.5 FT around 2AM EDT on Thu, May 21
.ER WYNI2 20260521 Z DC202605210144/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                           /  14.5
.E2    : 0521 :   /  14.3 /  13.5 /  12.4 /  11.9
.E3    : 0522 :   /  11.3 /  10.8 /  10.5 /  10.2
.E4    : 0523 :   /   9.9 /   9.6 /   9.4 /   9.2
.E5    : 0524 :   /   8.9 /   8.7 /   8.6 /   8.5
.E6    : 0525 :   /   8.3 /   8.2 /   8.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.34/ 0.21/
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: Little Wabash River - Carmi, IL - PAH
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: Action Stage         24.0 ft
: Flood Stage          27.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 32.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    35.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 17.6 FT at 830 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 26.9 FT around 8AM EDT on Mon, May 25
.ER CARI2 20260521 Z DC202605210144/DH06/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                           /  17.8
.E2    : 0521 :   /  18.1 /  18.4 /  18.7 /  19.0
.E3    : 0522 :   /  19.5 /  20.6 /  21.8 /  22.8
.E4    : 0523 :   /  23.8 /  24.6 /  25.2 /  25.8
.E5    : 0524 :   /  26.2 /  26.4 /  26.7 /  26.8
.E6    : 0525 :   /  26.9 /  26.9 /  26.9 /  26.8
.E7    : 0526 :   /  26.6 /  26.4 /  26.0 /  25.8
.E8    : 0527 :   /  25.4 /  25.2 /  24.9
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.04/ 0.42/ 0.25/
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