River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
485 FGUS51 KTIR 181341 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 9:41am EDT Friday, October 18, 2024 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 : Oct 16 / 13.4 : Oct 17 / 13.7 / 13.7 / 13.6 / 13.9 : Oct 18 / 13.9 / 13.7 / 13.4 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 13.4 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER RACW2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 13.4 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.11 : Oct 16 / 0.12 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 7.5 : Oct 16 / 7.2 / 4.0 / 1.2 / 6.5 : Oct 17 / 9.9 / 2.3 / -0.1 / 7.4 : Oct 18 / 13.3 / 4.0 / 1.1 / 11.2 : Oct 19 / 16.3 / 7.1 / 3.6 / 14.3 : Oct 20 / 18.9 / 7.8 / 4.4 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Oct 16 / 25.1 : Oct 17 / 25.2 / 25.3 / 25.2 / 25.3 : Oct 18 / 25.4 / 25.1 / 24.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 24.9 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER POPW2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 24.8 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.12 : Oct 16 / 0.12 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.0 : Oct 16 / 7.4 / 4.7 / 2.0 / 7.0 : Oct 17 / 10.1 / 2.6 / 0.1 / 7.6 : Oct 18 / 13.7 / 4.5 / 1.3 / 11.4 : Oct 19 / 16.6 / 7.3 / 3.7 / 14.2 : Oct 20 / 19.0 / 7.8 / 4.5 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Oct 16 / 12.8 : Oct 17 / 12.8 / 13.1 / 13.5 / 13.7 : Oct 18 / 14.1 / 14.1 / 14.0 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 13.9 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER GALW2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 13.2 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.0 / 13.0 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 13.0 / 12.9 / 12.9 / 12.9 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 12.8 / 12.8 / 12.7 / 12.7 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 12.6 / 12.6 / 12.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.12 : Oct 16 / 0.08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.7 : Oct 16 / 8.0 / 5.3 / 2.7 / 7.4 : Oct 17 / 10.6 / 3.1 / 0.5 / 8.0 : Oct 18 / 14.2 / 5.0 / 1.5 / 11.4 : Oct 19 / 16.8 / 7.5 / 3.8 / 14.1 : Oct 20 / 19.0 / 8.0 / 4.7 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Oct 16 / 25.5 : Oct 17 / 25.5 / 25.7 / 25.9 / 26.1 : Oct 18 / 26.1 / 26.2 / 26.2 : : Latest Observed River Stage 26.1 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER HNTW2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 26.1 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 25.9 / 25.8 / 25.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.09 : Oct 16 / 0.08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.6 : Oct 16 / 8.7 / 5.7 / 3.4 / 7.8 : Oct 17 / 11.1 / 3.3 / 0.6 / 8.1 : Oct 18 / 14.0 / 4.8 / 1.5 / 11.6 : Oct 19 / 17.1 / 7.8 / 4.0 / 14.3 : Oct 20 / 19.3 / 8.2 / 4.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Oct 16 / 34.3 : Oct 17 / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.8 / 34.8 : Oct 18 / 34.8 / 35.0 / 34.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 35.0 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER ASHK2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 34.9 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 34.8 / 34.8 / 34.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.04 : Oct 16 / 0.06 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.8 : Oct 16 / 9.5 / 6.5 / 4.1 / 7.8 : Oct 17 / 11.5 / 4.1 / 0.8 / 8.3 : Oct 18 / 14.0 / 4.9 / 1.3 / 11.4 : Oct 19 / 17.0 / 8.0 / 4.1 / 13.8 : Oct 20 / 19.1 / 8.3 / 4.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 16 / 4.3 : Oct 17 / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.3 : Oct 18 / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.3 : : Latest Observed River Stage 4.3 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER GYNK2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 4.3 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.3 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 4.3 / 4.3 / 4.2 / 4.2 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.2 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.2 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 4.2 / 4.2 / 4.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.02 : Oct 16 / 0.03 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.5 : Oct 16 / 9.1 / 6.2 / 3.5 / 7.1 : Oct 17 / 11.1 / 4.9 / 1.0 / 7.9 : Oct 18 / 13.7 / 5.2 / 1.3 / 10.8 : Oct 19 / 16.1 / 7.7 / 3.6 / 13.1 : Oct 20 / 18.4 / 8.2 / 4.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Oct 16 / 13.5 : Oct 17 / 13.5 / 13.7 / 13.4 / 13.7 : Oct 18 / 14.3 / 14.6 / 14.7 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 14.7 ft at 845am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER GNUK2 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 14.5 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 14.2 / 13.5 / 13.3 / 13.4 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 13.4 / 13.5 / 13.4 / 13.4 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 13.4 / 13.4 / 13.3 / 13.3 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 13.3 / 13.2 / 13.2 / 13.1 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 12.9 / 12.9 / 12.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.05 : Oct 16 / 0.04 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.7 : Oct 16 / 9.4 / 6.3 / 3.5 / 7.7 : Oct 17 / 11.5 / 4.3 / 1.0 / 8.1 : Oct 18 / 14.2 / 5.5 / 2.1 / 11.2 : Oct 19 / 16.7 / 8.0 / 4.0 / 13.4 : Oct 20 / 18.9 / 8.4 / 5.0 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Oct 16 / 15.4 : Oct 17 / 15.3 / 15.2 / 15.1 / 15.4 : Oct 18 / 15.7 / 16.0 / 16.0 : : Latest Observed River Stage 16.0 ft at 900am EDT on Fri, Oct 18 : .ER PORO1 20241018 Z DC202410181341/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Oct 18 : / 15.9 .E2 : Oct 19 : / 15.6 / 15.3 / 15.1 / 15.0 .E3 : Oct 20 : / 15.0 / 15.0 / 15.0 / 14.9 .E4 : Oct 21 : / 14.9 / 14.9 / 14.9 / 14.9 .E5 : Oct 22 : / 14.8 / 14.8 / 14.8 / 14.7 .E6 : Oct 23 : / 14.6 / 14.5 / 14.5 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 0.04 : Oct 16 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 17 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 18 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 18 / 0.00 : Oct 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Oct 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Oct 15 / 8.4 : Oct 16 / 8.6 / 5.7 / 2.5 / 7.2 : Oct 17 / 10.5 / 3.8 / 1.0 / 7.9 : Oct 18 / 14.1 / 5.7 / 2.7 / 11.2 : Oct 19 / 16.4 / 8.1 / 4.3 / 13.5 : Oct 20 / 18.5 / 8.4 / 5.0 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : :...END of MESSAGE...