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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
1108 AM EDT Fri Sep 18 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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: South Fork Licking River - Cynthiana, KY - LMK
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: Action Stage         16.0 ft
: Flood Stage          20.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 22.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    23.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 5.0 FT at 1030 AM EDT on Sep 18
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.ER CYNK2 20260918 Z DC202609181508/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9
.E2    : 0919 :   /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9
.E3    : 0920 :   /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9
.E4    : 0921 :   /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9
.E5    : 0922 :   /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9 /   4.9
.E6    : 0923 :   /   4.9
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.37/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.09/ 0.08/ 0.01/
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: Licking River - Falmouth, KY - ILN
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: Action Stage         23.0 ft
: Flood Stage          33.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 37.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    41.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 1.4 FT at 1100 AM EDT on Sep 18
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.ER FLMK2 20260918 Z DC202609181508/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   1.3 /   1.3 /   1.6
.E2    : 0919 :   /   2.0 /   1.9 /   1.9 /   1.8
.E3    : 0920 :   /   1.8 /   1.7 /   1.8 /   1.9
.E4    : 0921 :   /   1.8 /   1.8 /   1.7 /   1.7
.E5    : 0922 :   /   1.6 /   1.6 /   1.6 /   1.5
.E6    : 0923 :   /   1.5
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.43/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.17/ 0.06/ 0.04/
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: Licking River - Catawba, KY - ILN
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: Action Stage         33.0 ft
: Flood Stage          {Missing}
: Moderate Flood Stage {Missing}
: Major Flood Stage    {Missing}
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:Latest Observed Value - 5.7 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Sep 18
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.ER CATK2 20260918 Z DC202609181508/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   5.7 /   5.7 /   5.8
.E2    : 0919 :   /   6.1 /   6.1 /   6.1 /   6.0
.E3    : 0920 :   /   5.9 /   5.9 /   6.0 /   6.0
.E4    : 0921 :   /   6.0 /   6.0 /   5.9 /   5.9
.E5    : 0922 :   /   5.9 /   5.8 /   5.8 /   5.8
.E6    : 0923 :   /   5.8
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.43/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.17/ 0.06/ 0.04/
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