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906 FGUS51 KTIR 201430 RVFOHS River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 1030 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 - Newburgh Lock & Dam, IN - PAH : : Action Stage 35.0 ft : Flood Stage 38.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 48.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 56.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 18.3 FT at 930 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER NBGI3 20260520 Z DC202605201430/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 18.8 / 19.1 / 18.8 .E2 : 0521 : / 18.1 / 17.8 / 18.2 / 18.8 .E3 : 0522 : / 19.3 / 19.5 / 19.4 / 19.2 .E4 : 0523 : / 18.8 / 18.3 / 17.9 / 17.7 .E5 : 0524 : / 17.7 / 17.7 / 17.7 / 17.6 .E6 : 0525 : / 17.5 / 17.2 / 17.0 / 16.7 .E7 : 0526 : / 16.4 / 16.1 / 15.9 / 15.6 .E8 : 0527 : / 15.4 / 15.2 / 15.1 / 15.0 .E9 : 0528 : / 14.9 / 14.8 / 14.6 / 14.5 .E10 : 0529 : / 14.4 / 14.3 / 14.2 / 14.2 .E11 : 0530 : / 14.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.24/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.04/ :Manual Readings about 0.4` higher than automated gage. :Forecast follows manual readings. :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Evansville, IN - PAH : : Action Stage 24.0 ft : Flood Stage 42.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 48.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 52.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 16.9 FT at 1000 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER EVVI3 20260520 Z DC202605201430/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 17.0 / 17.1 / 17.0 .E2 : 0521 : / 16.7 / 16.6 / 16.9 / 17.3 .E3 : 0522 : / 17.7 / 17.8 / 17.8 / 17.6 .E4 : 0523 : / 17.3 / 16.9 / 16.6 / 16.5 .E5 : 0524 : / 16.5 / 16.5 / 16.5 / 16.4 .E6 : 0525 : / 16.3 / 16.2 / 16.0 / 15.8 .E7 : 0526 : / 15.6 / 15.4 / 15.3 / 15.1 .E8 : 0527 : / 15.0 / 14.9 / 14.8 / 14.7 .E9 : 0528 : / 14.6 / 14.6 / 14.5 / 14.4 .E10 : 0529 : / 14.4 / 14.3 / 14.2 / 14.2 .E11 : 0530 : / 14.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.25/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.06/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Henderson, KY - PAH : : Action Stage 31.0 ft : Flood Stage 36.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 43.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 48.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 14.6 FT at 845 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER HENK2 20260520 Z DC202605201430/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 14.8 / 14.8 / 14.8 .E2 : 0521 : / 14.7 / 14.4 / 14.4 / 14.6 .E3 : 0522 : / 14.9 / 15.1 / 15.2 / 15.2 .E4 : 0523 : / 15.1 / 14.9 / 14.5 / 14.3 .E5 : 0524 : / 14.3 / 14.2 / 14.2 / 14.2 .E6 : 0525 : / 14.2 / 14.1 / 14.0 / 13.8 .E7 : 0526 : / 13.7 / 13.6 / 13.4 / 13.3 .E8 : 0527 : / 13.2 / 13.1 / 13.0 / 13.0 .E9 : 0528 : / 12.9 / 12.9 / 12.8 / 12.8 .E10 : 0529 : / 12.7 / 12.7 / 12.6 / 12.6 .E11 : 0530 : / 12.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.24/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.05/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - J T Myers Dam, KY - PAH : : Action Stage 33.0 ft : Flood Stage 37.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 49.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 60.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 19.1 FT at 900 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER UNWK2 20260520 Z DC202605201430/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 19.5 / 19.9 / 20.2 .E2 : 0521 : / 20.5 / 20.6 / 20.5 / 20.5 .E3 : 0522 : / 20.8 / 21.3 / 21.7 / 22.0 .E4 : 0523 : / 22.1 / 22.1 / 22.0 / 21.9 .E5 : 0524 : / 21.7 / 21.6 / 21.7 / 21.7 .E6 : 0525 : / 21.8 / 21.7 / 21.6 / 21.5 .E7 : 0526 : / 21.2 / 21.0 / 20.7 / 20.5 .E8 : 0527 : / 20.2 / 20.0 / 19.8 / 19.6 .E9 : 0528 : / 19.4 / 19.2 / 19.0 / 18.8 .E10 : 0529 : / 18.6 / 18.4 / 18.1 / 17.9 .E11 : 0530 : / 17.7 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.31/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.08/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Shawneetown, IL - PAH : : Action Stage 30.0 ft : Flood Stage 33.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 43.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 53.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 18.5 FT at 930 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER SHNI2 20260520 Z DC202605201430/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 18.6 / 18.7 / 19.0 .E2 : 0521 : / 19.2 / 19.2 / 19.1 / 19.2 .E3 : 0522 : / 19.5 / 19.9 / 20.2 / 20.5 .E4 : 0523 : / 20.6 / 20.6 / 20.5 / 20.4 .E5 : 0524 : / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.2 / 20.3 .E6 : 0525 : / 20.3 / 20.3 / 20.2 / 20.0 .E7 : 0526 : / 19.9 / 19.6 / 19.4 / 19.2 .E8 : 0527 : / 19.0 / 18.8 / 18.6 / 18.5 .E9 : 0528 : / 18.3 / 18.2 / 18.0 / 17.9 .E10 : 0529 : / 17.7 / 17.6 / 17.4 / 17.3 .E11 : 0530 : / 17.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.18/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.05/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Golconda, IL - PAH : : Action Stage 36.0 ft : Flood Stage 40.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 49.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 55.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 30.1 FT at 1000 AM EDT on May 20 : .ER GOLI2 20260520 Z DC202605201430/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0520 : / 30.2 / 30.4 / 30.6 .E2 : 0521 : / 30.8 / 30.9 / 31.0 / 31.1 .E3 : 0522 : / 31.0 / 31.1 / 31.2 / 31.3 .E4 : 0523 : / 31.5 / 31.6 / 31.7 / 31.7 .E5 : 0524 : / 31.7 / 31.6 / 31.5 / 31.5 .E6 : 0525 : / 31.5 / 31.5 / 31.5 / 31.5 .E7 : 0526 : / 31.4 / 31.4 / 31.3 / 31.2 .E8 : 0527 : / 31.0 / 30.9 / 30.8 / 30.7 .E9 : 0528 : / 30.6 / 30.6 / 30.5 / 30.4 .E10 : 0529 : / 30.3 / 30.2 / 30.2 / 30.1 .E11 : 0530 : / 30.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.26/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.05/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : Davis : :...END of MESSAGE...