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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
1153 AM EDT Sun Aug 16 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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: Ohio River - Smithland Lock & Dam, IL - PAH
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: Action Flow         {Missing}
: Flood Flow          {Missing}
: Moderate Flood Flow {Missing}
: Major Flood Flow    {Missing}
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:Latest Observed Value - 274.0 KCFS at 1100 AM Z on Aug 16
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: Model Simulated Inflows
.ER SMLI2 20260811 Z DC202608161553/DH18/QTIPZ/DIH6
:Simu Valid       /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z
.E1    : 0811 :   /  87.6 /  87.3 /  87.3 /  87.5
.E2    : 0812 :   /  87.5 /  93.1 / 101.0 / 110.0
.E3    : 0813 :   / 111.0 / 146.0 / 145.0 / 168.0
.E4    : 0814 :   / 185.0 / 201.0 / 213.0 / 229.0
.E5    : 0815 :   / 256.0 / 253.0 / 264.0 / 274.0
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:Crest near 290.3 KCFS around 8AM EDT on Sun, Aug 23
.ER SMLI2 20260816 Z DC202608161553/DH18/QTIFFZZ/DIH6
:FLOW FCST        /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0816 :           / 276.2 / 280.1 / 283.4
.E2    : 0817 :   / 286.2 / 287.4 / 287.4 / 285.0
.E3    : 0818 :   / 282.1 / 277.3 / 265.3 / 256.6
.E4    : 0819 :   / 247.8 / 240.6 / 235.6 / 233.0
.E5    : 0820 :   / 233.1 / 235.4 / 239.5 / 244.4
.E6    : 0821 :   / 249.8 / 255.3 / 261.0 / 266.9
.E7    : 0822 :   / 272.6 / 277.9 / 282.8 / 287.1
.E8    : 0823 :   / 290.3 / 290.3 / 284.5 / 272.5
.E9    : 0824 :   / 256.8 / 238.3 / 212.2 / 195.5
.E10   : 0825 :   / 184.2 / 177.4 / 173.1 / 170.4
.E11   : 0826 :   / 168.6 / 167.4 / 166.4 / 165.6
.E12   : 0827 :   / 164.8 / 164.1 / 163.3 / 162.6
.E13   : 0828 :   / 161.7 / 160.7 / 159.5 / 157.8
.E14   : 0829 :   / 155.5 / 152.6 / 148.7 / 144.0
.E15   : 0830 :   / 138.3 / 131.9 / 124.8 / 112.4
.E16   : 0831 :   / 102.7 /  96.1 /  91.0 /  87.0
.E17   : 0901 :   /  83.4 /  79.9 /  76.4 /  73.0
.E18   : 0902 :   /  69.8 /  66.6 /  63.4 /  60.5
.E19   : 0903 :   /  58.2 /  56.4 /  55.0 /  53.9
.E20   : 0904 :   /  52.9 /  52.2 /  51.5 /  50.9
.E21   : 0905 :   /  50.4 /  49.9 /  49.5 /  49.0
.E22   : 0906 :   /  48.6 /  48.3 /  48.0 /  47.7
.E23   : 0907 :   /  47.5 /  47.3 /  47.1 /  47.0
.E24   : 0908 :   /  46.9 /  46.8 /  46.7 /  46.6
.E25   : 0909 :   /  46.5 /  46.5 /  46.4 /  46.4
.E26   : 0910 :   /  46.3 /  46.3 /  46.3 /  46.2
.E27   : 0911 :   /  46.2 /  46.2 /  46.1 /  46.1
.E28   : 0912 :   /  46.1 /  46.0 /  46.0 /  46.0
.E29   : 0913 :   /  46.1
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