River Forecast
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250 FGUS51 KTIR 201343 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 943 AM 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 : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Racine Lock & Dam, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 38.0 ft : Flood Stage 41.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 44.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 48.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 14.2 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER RACW2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 14.2 / 14.0 / 13.9 .E2 : 0521 : / 14.0 / 14.2 / 14.6 / 14.8 .E3 : 0522 : / 14.9 / 14.9 / 14.9 / 14.7 .E4 : 0523 : / 14.6 / 14.4 / 14.2 / 14.0 .E5 : 0524 : / 13.8 / 13.6 / 13.5 / 13.4 .E6 : 0525 : / 13.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.20/ 0.60/ 0.09/ 0.12/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Point Pleasant, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 38.0 ft : Flood Stage 40.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 44.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 48.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 25.0 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER POPW2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 .E2 : 0521 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.1 / 25.1 .E3 : 0522 : / 25.1 / 25.1 / 25.1 / 25.1 .E4 : 0523 : / 25.1 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 .E5 : 0524 : / 24.9 / 24.9 / 24.9 / 24.9 .E6 : 0525 : / 24.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.22/ 0.49/ 0.10/ 0.12/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - R C Byrd Dam, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 48.0 ft : Flood Stage 50.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 52.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 56.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 16.0 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER GALW2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 15.7 / 14.8 / 14.4 .E2 : 0521 : / 14.4 / 14.7 / 15.1 / 15.5 .E3 : 0522 : / 15.8 / 15.9 / 15.9 / 15.8 .E4 : 0523 : / 15.7 / 15.5 / 15.2 / 14.9 .E5 : 0524 : / 14.7 / 14.6 / 14.4 / 14.3 .E6 : 0525 : / 14.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.30/ 0.55/ 0.08/ 0.10/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Huntington, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 48.0 ft : Flood Stage 50.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 55.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 59.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 26.3 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER HNTW2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 26.3 / 26.3 / 26.1 .E2 : 0521 : / 26.0 / 26.0 / 26.1 / 26.2 .E3 : 0522 : / 26.3 / 26.3 / 26.3 / 26.3 .E4 : 0523 : / 26.3 / 26.2 / 26.2 / 26.1 .E5 : 0524 : / 26.1 / 26.0 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E6 : 0525 : / 25.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.23/ 0.51/ 0.13/ 0.08/ 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Ashland River Gage, KY - RLX : : Action Stage 50.0 ft : Flood Stage 52.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 56.6 ft : Major Flood Stage 65.5 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 34.6 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER ASHK2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 34.7 / 34.6 / 34.6 .E2 : 0521 : / 34.5 / 34.5 / 34.5 / 34.6 .E3 : 0522 : / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 .E4 : 0523 : / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.5 .E5 : 0524 : / 34.5 / 34.5 / 34.4 / 34.4 .E6 : 0525 : / 34.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.19/ 0.61/ 0.16/ 0.08/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Little Sandy River - Grayson, KY - RLX : : Action Stage 19.0 ft : Flood Stage 21.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 28.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 4.4 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER GYNK2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 4.5 / 5.1 / 6.7 .E2 : 0521 : / 8.2 / 8.3 / 7.8 / 7.1 .E3 : 0522 : / 6.5 / 6.1 / 5.8 / 5.6 .E4 : 0523 : / 5.4 / 5.2 / 5.0 / 4.9 .E5 : 0524 : / 4.8 / 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6 .E6 : 0525 : / 4.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.23/ 0.62/ 0.19/ 0.07/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Lloyd Greenup Dam, KY - RLX : : Action Stage 52.0 ft : Flood Stage 54.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 56.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 62.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 15.9 FT at 845 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER GNUK2 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 17.0 / 17.5 / 17.2 .E2 : 0521 : / 16.3 / 15.7 / 15.9 / 16.2 .E3 : 0522 : / 16.6 / 16.9 / 17.2 / 17.4 .E4 : 0523 : / 17.3 / 17.2 / 17.0 / 16.7 .E5 : 0524 : / 16.4 / 16.1 / 15.8 / 15.5 .E6 : 0525 : / 15.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.40/ 0.55/ 0.13/ 0.07/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Portsmouth, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 35.0 ft : Flood Stage 50.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 57.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 66.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 16.7 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER PORO1 20260520 Z DC202605201343/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 17.0 / 17.6 / 18.0 .E2 : 0521 : / 18.0 / 17.7 / 17.6 / 17.7 .E3 : 0522 : / 18.0 / 18.4 / 18.9 / 19.3 .E4 : 0523 : / 19.4 / 19.4 / 19.1 / 18.8 .E5 : 0524 : / 18.5 / 18.3 / 18.0 / 17.7 .E6 : 0525 : / 17.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.25/ 0.40/ 0.08/ 0.10/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Davis : :...END of MESSAGE...