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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
719 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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: White River - Nora, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         7.5 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 16.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    19.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 6.6 FT at 600 PM EDT on May 20
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.ER NORI3 20260521 Z DC202605202319/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                   /   6.6 /   6.5
.E2    : 0521 :   /   6.3 /   6.1 /   5.9 /   5.7
.E3    : 0522 :   /   5.5 /   5.2 /   5.0 /   4.6
.E4    : 0523 :   /   4.5 /   4.3 /   4.1 /   4.0
.E5    : 0524 :   /   3.9 /   3.9 /   3.7 /   3.7
.E6    : 0525 :   /   3.6 /   3.5
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:  0.01/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.09/
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: White River - Indianapolis, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         10.0 ft
: Flood Stage          16.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 20.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    22.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 7.4 FT at 545 PM EDT on May 20
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.ER INDI3 20260521 Z DC202605202319/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                   /   7.4 /   7.5
.E2    : 0521 :   /   7.5 /   7.2 /   6.9 /   6.7
.E3    : 0522 :   /   6.4 /   6.2 /   6.0 /   5.8
.E4    : 0523 :   /   5.7 /   5.5 /   5.4 /   5.3
.E5    : 0524 :   /   5.2 /   5.1 /   5.0 /   4.9
.E6    : 0525 :   /   4.8 /   4.8
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:  0.04/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.13/
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: White River - Centerton, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         9.0 ft
: Flood Stage          12.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 16.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    19.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 9.2 FT at 600 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 9.1 FT around 8PM EDT on Wed, May 20
.ER CNTI3 20260521 Z DC202605202319/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                   /   9.1 /   8.5
.E2    : 0521 :   /   8.0 /   7.8 /   7.5 /   7.0
.E3    : 0522 :   /   6.5 /   6.0 /   5.6 /   5.4
.E4    : 0523 :   /   5.0 /   4.6 /   4.3 /   4.0
.E5    : 0524 :   /   3.7 /   3.5 /   3.3 /   3.2
.E6    : 0525 :   /   3.0 /   2.8
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:  0.08/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.22/
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: White River - Newberry, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          13.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 19.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    24.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 16.3 FT at 530 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 17.5 FT around 2PM EDT on Thu, May 21
:Fall below flood stage around 5PM EDT on Sat, May 23
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.ER NWBI3 20260521 Z DC202605202319/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                   /  16.6 /  17.0
.E2    : 0521 :   /  17.3 /  17.5 /  17.4 /  17.2
.E3    : 0522 :   /  16.8 /  16.4 /  15.9 /  15.2
.E4    : 0523 :   /  14.4 /  13.5 /  12.5 /  11.6
.E5    : 0524 :   /  10.8 /  10.0 /   9.1 /   8.4
.E6    : 0525 :   /   7.8 /   7.3 /   6.9 /   6.5
.E7    : 0526 :   /   6.3 /   6.0 /   5.8 /   5.6
.E8    : 0527 :   /   5.5 /   5.4 /   5.2 /   5.1
.E9    : 0528 :   /   5.0 /   4.9 /   4.8 /   4.7
.E10   : 0529 :   /   4.6 /   4.6 /   4.5 /   4.3
.E11   : 0530 :   /   4.2 /   4.1
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:  0.32/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.31/
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: White River - Edwardsport, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         12.0 ft
: Flood Stage          15.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 22.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    25.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 18.8 FT at 100 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 20.7 FT around 8PM EDT on Thu, May 21
:Fall below flood stage around 8AM EDT on Mon, May 25
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.ER FREI3 20260521 Z DC202605202319/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                   /  19.5 /  20.1
.E2    : 0521 :   /  20.4 /  20.6 /  20.7 /  20.7
.E3    : 0522 :   /  20.7 /  20.6 /  20.4 /  20.1
.E4    : 0523 :   /  19.8 /  19.4 /  18.9 /  18.3
.E5    : 0524 :   /  17.6 /  17.0 /  16.4 /  15.8
.E6    : 0525 :   /  15.0 /  14.1 /  13.2 /  12.5
.E7    : 0526 :   /  11.9 /  11.4 /  11.0 /  10.6
.E8    : 0527 :   /  10.3 /  10.0 /   9.8 /   9.5
.E9    : 0528 :   /   9.4 /   9.2 /   9.0 /   8.8
.E10   : 0529 :   /   8.7 /   8.6 /   8.4 /   8.3
.E11   : 0530 :   /   8.2 /   8.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:  0.17/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.30/
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: White River - Petersburg, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         12.0 ft
: Flood Stage          16.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 23.5 ft
: Major Flood Stage    26.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 18.4 FT at 530 PM EDT on May 20
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:Crest near 22.5 FT around 2AM EDT on Sun, May 24
.ER PTRI3 20260521 Z DC202605202319/DH00/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0520 :                   /  18.8 /  19.6
.E2    : 0521 :   /  20.2 /  20.8 /  21.1 /  21.5
.E3    : 0522 :   /  21.8 /  22.0 /  22.2 /  22.3
.E4    : 0523 :   /  22.4 /  22.4 /  22.4 /  22.5
.E5    : 0524 :   /  22.5 /  22.5 /  22.5 /  22.5
.E6    : 0525 :   /  22.4 /  22.3 /  22.2 /  22.1
.E7    : 0526 :   /  22.1 /  21.9 /  21.8 /  21.5
.E8    : 0527 :   /  21.3 /  21.1 /  20.8 /  20.7
.E9    : 0528 :   /  20.4 /  20.0 /  19.6 /  19.1
.E10   : 0529 :   /  18.6 /  18.1 /  17.5 /  16.9
.E11   : 0530 :   /  16.3 /  16.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:  0.18/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.30/
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