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259 FGUS51 KTIR 021447 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 10:47am EDT Wednesday, April 2, 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 : Mar 31 / 16.7 : Apr 01 / 17.7 / 17.8 / 17.8 / 17.0 : Apr 02 / 16.0 / 16.8 / 16.7 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 17.0 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER RACW2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 17.1 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 16.8 / 16.3 / 16.2 / 16.5 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 17.3 / 18.7 / 22.7 / 26.5 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 31.2 / 34.0 / 35.3 / 35.8 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 36.0 / 36.1 / 35.9 / 35.5 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 34.8 / 33.9 / 32.5 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.45 : Mar 31 / 0.01 / 0.34 / 0.33 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.09 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.01 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.37 / 0.11 : Apr 04 / 0.31 / 0.20 / 0.84 / 0.33 : Apr 05 / 0.24 / 0.05 / 0.04 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 16.3 : Mar 31 / 21.1 / 19.9 / 13.2 / 15.1 : Apr 01 / 11.2 / 6.8 / 5.1 / 6.7 : Apr 02 / 11.1 / 6.8 / 5.5 / 17.5 : Apr 03 / 23.7 / 20.1 / 19.1 / 20.4 : Apr 04 / 20.5 / 15.3 / 14.1 / 17.3 : Apr 05 / 19.1 / 16.2 / 17.4 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 31 / 25.6 : Apr 01 / 25.7 / 25.6 / 25.8 / 25.6 : Apr 02 / 25.2 / 25.5 / 25.4 : : Latest Observed River Stage 25.4 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER POPW2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 25.4 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 25.3 / 25.2 / 25.2 / 25.2 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 25.3 / 25.5 / 26.4 / 27.9 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 29.4 / 31.1 / 32.3 / 33.1 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 33.6 / 33.8 / 33.7 / 33.5 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 33.0 / 32.3 / 31.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.36 : Mar 31 / 0.01 / 0.35 / 0.31 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.02 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.38 / 0.12 : Apr 04 / 0.32 / 0.23 / 0.80 / 0.40 : Apr 05 / 0.25 / 0.04 / 0.05 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 16.6 : Mar 31 / 21.4 / 19.9 / 13.2 / 14.7 : Apr 01 / 10.5 / 6.5 / 5.4 / 6.9 : Apr 02 / 10.9 / 7.0 / 5.4 / 18.3 : Apr 03 / 25.6 / 20.9 / 19.3 / 20.4 : Apr 04 / 20.5 / 15.4 / 14.1 / 17.5 : Apr 05 / 19.4 / 16.3 / 17.4 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 31 / 19.0 : Apr 01 / 20.4 / 20.9 / 21.1 / 21.7 : Apr 02 / 20.4 / 20.0 / 20.3 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 20.3 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER GALW2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 20.4 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 20.4 / 20.2 / 20.0 / 20.4 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 21.5 / 23.2 / 26.9 / 30.6 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 34.0 / 36.7 / 38.2 / 39.1 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 39.6 / 39.8 / 39.7 / 39.3 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 38.7 / 37.9 / 36.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.37 : Mar 31 / 0.00 / 0.49 / 0.37 / 0.01 : Apr 01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.02 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.40 / 0.11 : Apr 04 / 0.32 / 0.28 / 0.88 / 0.43 : Apr 05 / 0.27 / 0.04 / 0.05 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 16.8 : Mar 31 / 21.6 / 19.9 / 13.4 / 14.2 : Apr 01 / 10.3 / 6.5 / 5.8 / 7.1 : Apr 02 / 10.8 / 7.2 / 5.8 / 18.9 : Apr 03 / 26.6 / 21.8 / 19.6 / 20.4 : Apr 04 / 20.3 / 15.5 / 14.4 / 17.5 : Apr 05 / 19.3 / 16.5 / 17.7 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 31 / 27.1 : Apr 01 / 27.5 / 27.8 / 28.0 / 28.2 : Apr 02 / 28.1 / 27.6 / 27.7 : : Latest Observed River Stage 27.7 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER HNTW2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 27.8 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 27.8 / 27.8 / 27.6 / 27.5 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 27.5 / 28.0 / 29.0 / 32.1 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 35.3 / 37.5 / 39.0 / 40.1 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 40.9 / 41.4 / 41.6 / 41.6 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 41.3 / 40.8 / 40.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.24 : Mar 31 / 0.01 / 0.25 / 0.33 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.10 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.36 / 0.14 : Apr 04 / 0.45 / 0.17 / 0.75 / 0.51 : Apr 05 / 0.21 / 0.02 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 17.4 : Mar 31 / 22.4 / 20.7 / 13.3 / 15.0 : Apr 01 / 11.0 / 6.8 / 5.5 / 6.9 : Apr 02 / 10.8 / 7.0 / 5.1 / 19.6 : Apr 03 / 26.9 / 21.6 / 19.7 / 20.8 : Apr 04 / 21.1 / 16.1 / 15.1 / 19.0 : Apr 05 / 20.5 / 17.0 / 18.2 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 31 / 35.0 : Apr 01 / 35.1 / 35.1 / 35.5 / 35.6 : Apr 02 / 35.7 / 35.3 / 35.4 : : Latest Observed River Stage 35.4 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER ASHK2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 35.4 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 35.4 / 35.3 / 35.2 / 35.1 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 35.1 / 35.3 / 35.8 / 37.2 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 38.5 / 40.0 / 41.4 / 42.4 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 43.1 / 43.5 / 43.7 / 43.8 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 43.6 / 43.2 / 42.7 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.12 : Mar 31 / 0.00 / 0.36 / 0.30 / 0.04 : Apr 01 / 0.04 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.35 / 0.17 : Apr 04 / 0.46 / 0.14 / 0.72 / 0.49 : Apr 05 / 0.18 / 0.01 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 17.6 : Mar 31 / 23.0 / 21.1 / 13.3 / 15.1 : Apr 01 / 11.2 / 6.9 / 5.2 / 7.1 : Apr 02 / 11.0 / 7.5 / 5.5 / 20.2 : Apr 03 / 27.4 / 22.4 / 20.2 / 20.9 : Apr 04 / 21.4 / 17.0 / 15.9 / 19.6 : Apr 05 / 21.5 / 17.9 / 18.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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. : : Rise above flood river stage around 3PM EDT on Fri, Apr 4 .AR GYNK2 20250405 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH00/HGIFFX :crest: 24.0 : Crest near 24.0 ft around 8PM EDT on Fri, Apr 4 : Fall below flood level around 5AM EDT on Sat, Apr 5 : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 10.0 : Apr 01 / 9.9 / 9.1 / 8.5 / 8.0 : Apr 02 / 7.5 / 7.1 / 6.8 : : Latest Observed River Stage 6.8 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER GYNK2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 6.7 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.9 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 8.3 / 10.7 / 15.1 / 20.6 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 24.0 / 23.2 / 18.6 / 15.8 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 14.0 / 12.7 / 11.7 / 11.1 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 10.6 / 10.1 / 9.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.26 : Mar 31 / 0.01 / 0.53 / 0.23 / 0.03 : Apr 01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.43 / 0.25 : Apr 04 / 0.50 / 0.19 / 0.81 / 0.51 : Apr 05 / 0.19 / 0.01 / 0.01 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 16.7 : Mar 31 / 21.7 / 19.7 / 12.6 / 13.7 : Apr 01 / 10.0 / 6.1 / 4.5 / 6.5 : Apr 02 / 11.1 / 7.8 / 5.7 / 19.9 : Apr 03 / 27.0 / 22.7 / 19.9 / 20.0 : Apr 04 / 20.5 / 17.0 / 15.9 / 18.9 : Apr 05 / 21.1 / 18.2 / 19.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 31 / 19.8 : Apr 01 / 22.3 / 24.0 / 24.6 / 24.8 : Apr 02 / 25.1 / 24.4 / 23.7 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 23.7 ft at 945am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER GNUK2 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 23.8 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 24.2 / 24.3 / 24.1 / 23.7 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 23.5 / 23.6 / 25.2 / 28.2 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 32.5 / 36.4 / 39.1 / 41.1 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 42.7 / 43.7 / 44.3 / 44.7 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 44.8 / 44.7 / 44.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.23 : Mar 31 / 0.00 / 0.52 / 0.26 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.45 / 0.16 : Apr 04 / 0.47 / 0.27 / 0.85 / 0.52 : Apr 05 / 0.23 / 0.03 / 0.03 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 17.0 : Mar 31 / 22.0 / 20.1 / 13.0 / 13.8 : Apr 01 / 10.4 / 6.5 / 5.3 / 7.1 : Apr 02 / 10.9 / 7.9 / 6.0 / 19.7 : Apr 03 / 27.3 / 22.7 / 20.1 / 20.3 : Apr 04 / 20.4 / 16.5 / 15.4 / 18.5 : Apr 05 / 20.4 / 17.6 / 18.7 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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. : .AR PORO1 20250407 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH00/HGIFFX :crest: 44.9 : Crest near 44.9 ft around 8PM EDT on Sun, Apr 6 : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 19.9 : Apr 01 / 22.0 / 23.5 / 24.1 / 24.3 : Apr 02 / 24.6 / 24.2 / 23.4 : : Latest Observed River Stage 23.3 ft at 1000am EDT on Wed, Apr 2 : .ER PORO1 20250402 Z DC202504021447/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 02 : / 23.2 .E2 : Apr 03 : / 23.1 / 23.0 / 22.9 / 22.7 .E3 : Apr 04 : / 23.0 / 24.0 / 26.6 / 31.4 .E4 : Apr 05 : / 36.5 / 39.5 / 41.0 / 42.1 .E5 : Apr 06 : / 43.2 / 44.1 / 44.5 / 44.8 .E6 : Apr 07 : / 44.9 / 44.8 / 44.5 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 0.24 : Mar 31 / 0.02 / 0.67 / 0.18 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 02 / 0.01 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.52 / 0.11 : Apr 04 / 0.33 / 0.45 / 0.94 / 0.48 : Apr 05 / 0.32 / 0.05 / 0.08 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 30 / 16.4 : Mar 31 / 21.3 / 18.9 / 13.0 / 13.0 : Apr 01 / 9.7 / 6.1 / 5.2 / 7.0 : Apr 02 / 10.8 / 7.7 / 6.4 / 18.7 : Apr 03 / 26.9 / 22.9 / 19.8 / 19.7 : Apr 04 / 19.5 / 15.6 / 14.3 / 16.8 : Apr 05 / 19.0 / 17.1 / 18.2 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : Fliehman :...END of MESSAGE...