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952 FGUS51 KTIR 061500 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 11:00am EDT Tuesday, May 6, 2025 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 : Racine Lock & Dam - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 526.0 ft (NGVD 1929) : Mason County, WV : Record Tailwater Stage 50.2 ft : Major Tailwater Stage 48.0 ft : Moderate Tailwater Stage 44.0 ft : Flood Tailwater Stage 41.0 ft : Action Tailwater Stage 38.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 20.4 : May 05 / 21.7 / 22.9 / 23.7 / 24.3 : May 06 / 24.9 / 24.8 / 25.4 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 25.9 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER RACW2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 26.4 .E2 : May 07 : / 26.8 / 27.2 / 27.4 / 27.6 .E3 : May 08 : / 27.7 / 27.6 / 27.4 / 27.0 .E4 : May 09 : / 26.4 / 25.9 / 25.4 / 24.9 .E5 : May 10 : / 24.5 / 23.9 / 23.4 / 22.9 .E6 : May 11 : / 22.4 / 21.9 / 21.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.14 : May 04 / 0.30 / 0.17 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 05 / 0.18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 06 / 0.22 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.02 : May 07 / 0.02 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 17.1 : May 04 / 19.4 / 15.4 / 12.9 / 15.9 : May 05 / 16.7 / 10.6 / 10.0 / 16.6 : May 06 / 15.6 / 11.3 / 9.9 / 14.1 : May 07 / 17.0 / 13.4 / 11.8 / 19.2 : May 08 / 22.3 / 14.5 / 12.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : Point Pleasant - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 514.1 ft (SANDY HOOK DATUM) : Mason County, WV : Record River Stage 62.8 ft : Major River Stage 48.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 44.0 ft : Flood River Stage 40.0 ft : Action River Stage 38.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 25.8 : May 05 / 26.3 / 26.7 / 27.1 / 27.1 : May 06 / 27.4 / 27.3 / 27.4 : : Latest Observed River Stage 27.6 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER POPW2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 27.7 .E2 : May 07 : / 27.9 / 28.1 / 28.2 / 28.2 .E3 : May 08 : / 28.1 / 28.0 / 28.0 / 28.0 .E4 : May 09 : / 27.9 / 27.7 / 27.5 / 27.3 .E5 : May 10 : / 27.1 / 26.8 / 26.6 / 26.4 .E6 : May 11 : / 26.1 / 25.9 / 25.7 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.16 : May 04 / 0.14 / 0.23 / 0.00 / 0.02 : May 05 / 0.11 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.01 : May 06 / 0.17 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.01 : May 07 / 0.01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 16.9 : May 04 / 19.3 / 14.7 / 12.4 / 15.5 : May 05 / 16.6 / 10.6 / 9.7 / 15.2 : May 06 / 14.6 / 11.2 / 10.0 / 14.1 : May 07 / 17.6 / 13.3 / 11.4 / 19.3 : May 08 / 22.5 / 14.6 / 12.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : R C Byrd Dam - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 503.0 ft (Vertical Datum Unknown) : Mason County, WV : Record Tailwater Stage 69.6 ft : Major Tailwater Stage 56.0 ft : Moderate Tailwater Stage 52.0 ft : Flood Tailwater Stage 50.0 ft : Action Tailwater Stage 48.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 23.0 : May 05 / 24.2 / 25.4 / 26.8 / 27.3 : May 06 / 28.6 / 28.7 / 29.0 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 29.1 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER GALW2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 29.3 .E2 : May 07 : / 29.6 / 29.8 / 30.0 / 30.1 .E3 : May 08 : / 30.1 / 30.1 / 29.9 / 29.7 .E4 : May 09 : / 29.3 / 28.9 / 28.5 / 28.1 .E5 : May 10 : / 27.7 / 27.3 / 26.8 / 26.4 .E6 : May 11 : / 26.0 / 25.5 / 25.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.15 : May 04 / 0.06 / 0.23 / 0.00 / 0.01 : May 05 / 0.23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 06 / 0.19 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.01 : May 07 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 16.9 : May 04 / 19.2 / 14.2 / 12.6 / 15.2 : May 05 / 16.6 / 11.1 / 9.3 / 14.0 : May 06 / 14.4 / 11.5 / 10.0 / 14.3 : May 07 / 18.1 / 13.7 / 11.8 / 19.6 : May 08 / 22.7 / 14.9 / 12.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : Huntington - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 490.263 ft (NGVD 1929 ADJ) : Cabell County, WV : Record River Stage 69.4 ft : Major River Stage 59.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 55.0 ft : Flood River Stage 50.0 ft : Action River Stage 48.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 28.2 : May 05 / 28.7 / 29.2 / 29.8 / 30.4 : May 06 / 30.8 / 31.4 / 31.6 : : Latest Observed River Stage 31.6 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER HNTW2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 31.8 .E2 : May 07 : / 32.0 / 32.3 / 32.6 / 32.9 .E3 : May 08 : / 33.1 / 33.2 / 33.2 / 33.1 .E4 : May 09 : / 32.8 / 32.5 / 32.1 / 31.8 .E5 : May 10 : / 31.5 / 31.3 / 31.0 / 30.7 .E6 : May 11 : / 30.3 / 30.0 / 29.5 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.08 : May 04 / 0.11 / 0.14 / 0.00 / 0.01 : May 05 / 0.18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 : May 06 / 0.17 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.00 : May 07 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 17.4 : May 04 / 19.7 / 14.5 / 13.1 / 16.0 : May 05 / 16.9 / 11.4 / 9.7 / 14.1 : May 06 / 14.4 / 11.4 / 10.0 / 14.7 : May 07 / 18.7 / 13.2 / 11.0 / 19.6 : May 08 / 23.2 / 14.9 / 12.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : Ashland River Gage - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 481.5 ft (USGS) : Boyd County, KY : Record River Stage 74.2 ft : Major River Stage 65.5 ft : Moderate River Stage 56.6 ft : Flood River Stage 52.0 ft : Action River Stage 50.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 35.4 : May 05 / 35.5 / 35.7 / 36.1 / 36.4 : May 06 / 36.6 / 37.1 / 37.2 : : Latest Observed River Stage 37.1 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER ASHK2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 37.3 .E2 : May 07 : / 37.5 / 37.6 / 37.7 / 37.7 .E3 : May 08 : / 37.7 / 37.6 / 37.6 / 37.5 .E4 : May 09 : / 37.4 / 37.2 / 37.0 / 36.9 .E5 : May 10 : / 36.7 / 36.5 / 36.4 / 36.2 .E6 : May 11 : / 36.0 / 35.9 / 35.7 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.06 : May 04 / 0.13 / 0.05 / 0.00 / 0.01 : May 05 / 0.05 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 : May 06 / 0.05 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.00 : May 07 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 17.4 : May 04 / 19.4 / 14.3 / 13.1 / 16.0 : May 05 / 17.2 / 11.9 / 9.5 / 12.9 : May 06 / 14.4 / 11.6 / 10.0 / 15.0 : May 07 / 19.1 / 13.5 / 10.7 / 19.7 : May 08 / 23.4 / 15.4 / 13.2 :____________________________________________________________________ : Grayson - Little Sandy River - RLX : Zero Datum 557.95 ft (USGS) : Carter County, KY : Record River Stage 30.6 ft : Major River Stage 28.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 25.0 ft : Flood River Stage 21.0 ft : Action River Stage 19.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 8.1 : May 05 / 8.7 / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.7 : May 06 / 8.2 / 8.0 / 7.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 7.9 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER GYNK2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 7.9 .E2 : May 07 : / 7.8 / 6.9 / 6.6 / 6.5 .E3 : May 08 : / 6.4 / 6.3 / 6.3 / 5.6 .E4 : May 09 : / 5.6 / 5.5 / 5.5 / 5.5 .E5 : May 10 : / 5.5 / 5.4 / 5.4 / 5.4 .E6 : May 11 : / 5.4 / 5.4 / 5.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.10 : May 04 / 0.12 / 0.05 / 0.02 / 0.00 : May 05 / 0.17 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.05 : May 06 / 0.07 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.00 : May 07 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 16.5 : May 04 / 18.1 / 13.4 / 12.3 / 15.2 : May 05 / 16.7 / 11.6 / 8.7 / 11.5 : May 06 / 13.0 / 10.5 / 9.1 / 14.3 : May 07 / 18.4 / 13.3 / 10.6 / 19.1 : May 08 / 22.7 / 15.4 / 13.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : Lloyd Greenup Dam - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 473.0 ft (USGS) : Greenup County, KY : Record Tailwater Stage 74.7 ft : Major Tailwater Stage 62.0 ft : Moderate Tailwater Stage 56.0 ft : Flood Tailwater Stage 54.0 ft : Action Tailwater Stage 52.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 26.0 : May 05 / 27.5 / 28.5 / 29.4 / 30.7 : May 06 / 31.6 / 32.4 / 33.2 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 33.3 ft at 1045am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER GNUK2 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 33.5 .E2 : May 07 : / 33.9 / 34.2 / 34.4 / 34.4 .E3 : May 08 : / 34.4 / 34.3 / 34.2 / 33.9 .E4 : May 09 : / 33.6 / 33.2 / 32.7 / 32.2 .E5 : May 10 : / 31.6 / 31.0 / 30.4 / 29.9 .E6 : May 11 : / 29.3 / 28.7 / 27.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.17 : May 04 / 0.21 / 0.01 / 0.01 / 0.02 : May 05 / 0.12 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 : May 06 / 0.04 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.00 : May 07 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.02 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 16.7 : May 04 / 18.5 / 13.7 / 12.7 / 15.3 : May 05 / 17.1 / 11.9 / 9.1 / 12.1 : May 06 / 13.4 / 11.1 / 9.5 / 14.7 : May 07 / 18.8 / 13.8 / 11.2 / 19.6 : May 08 / 23.2 / 15.6 / 13.2 :____________________________________________________________________ : Portsmouth - Ohio River - ILN : Zero Datum 470.9 ft (OHIO RIVER DATUM) : Scioto County, OH : Record River Stage 74.2 ft : Major River Stage 66.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 57.0 ft : Flood River Stage 50.0 ft : Action River Stage 35.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 04 / 25.7 : May 05 / 26.9 / 27.9 / 28.8 / 29.8 : May 06 / 30.7 / 31.4 / 32.1 : : Latest Observed River Stage 32.2 ft at 1000am EDT on Tue, May 6 : .ER PORO1 20250506 Z DC202505061500/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 06 : / 32.4 .E2 : May 07 : / 32.8 / 33.1 / 33.2 / 33.3 .E3 : May 08 : / 33.3 / 33.3 / 33.2 / 33.0 .E4 : May 09 : / 32.8 / 32.5 / 32.1 / 31.5 .E5 : May 10 : / 31.0 / 30.4 / 29.9 / 29.3 .E6 : May 11 : / 28.7 / 28.1 / 27.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 0.39 : May 04 / 0.27 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.04 : May 05 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 : May 06 / 0.04 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 06 / 0.00 : May 07 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : May 08 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 03 / 16.4 : May 04 / 17.5 / 13.1 / 11.0 / 14.1 : May 05 / 16.7 / 11.2 / 8.1 / 11.8 : May 06 / 13.5 / 10.8 / 8.8 / 14.1 : May 07 / 18.2 / 14.2 / 11.9 / 19.6 : May 08 / 22.8 / 15.6 / 13.4 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : Fliehman :...END of MESSAGE...