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213 FGUS51 KTIR 221354 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 9:53am EDT Tuesday, April 22, 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 : Apr 20 / 15.2 : Apr 21 / 15.4 / 15.0 / 14.7 / 13.7 : Apr 22 / 14.4 / 14.9 / 15.6 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 15.5 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER RACW2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 14.9 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 14.6 / 14.4 / 14.6 / 14.7 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 14.8 / 14.8 / 14.8 / 14.8 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 14.7 / 14.5 / 14.3 / 14.2 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 14.0 / 13.9 / 13.8 / 13.6 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 13.5 / 13.4 / 13.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.12 : Apr 22 / 0.03 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.8 : Apr 20 / 28.3 / 18.6 / 16.1 / 20.3 : Apr 21 / 25.8 / 19.2 / 20.1 / 23.3 : Apr 22 / 20.2 / 18.2 / 12.3 / 16.0 : Apr 23 / 20.4 / 13.1 / 9.8 / 20.9 : Apr 24 / 25.1 / 15.9 / 14.2 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 24.9 : Apr 21 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.1 / 24.9 : Apr 22 / 25.3 / 25.4 / 25.4 : : Latest Observed River Stage 25.5 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER POPW2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 25.3 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 25.1 / 25.1 / 25.1 / 25.1 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 24.9 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 24.9 / 24.9 / 24.8 / 24.7 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 24.7 / 24.7 / 24.6 / 24.6 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 24.6 / 24.6 / 24.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.10 : Apr 22 / 0.04 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.6 : Apr 20 / 28.4 / 19.1 / 15.9 / 20.1 : Apr 21 / 25.9 / 19.4 / 18.5 / 22.7 : Apr 22 / 20.3 / 17.9 / 11.9 / 16.1 : Apr 23 / 20.6 / 13.2 / 9.7 / 20.7 : Apr 24 / 25.1 / 15.9 / 14.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 17.7 : Apr 21 / 17.6 / 17.2 / 16.8 / 16.1 : Apr 22 / 15.0 / 15.7 / 17.1 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 17.2 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER GALW2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 17.1 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 16.4 / 16.1 / 16.4 / 16.7 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 16.9 / 17.0 / 17.1 / 17.0 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 16.8 / 16.6 / 16.3 / 16.1 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 15.9 / 15.7 / 15.5 / 15.3 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 15.2 / 15.2 / 15.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.11 : Apr 22 / 0.02 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.8 : Apr 20 / 28.3 / 19.4 / 16.2 / 19.8 : Apr 21 / 26.0 / 19.5 / 17.7 / 22.2 : Apr 22 / 20.6 / 18.2 / 11.6 / 16.2 : Apr 23 / 20.8 / 13.4 / 9.7 / 20.6 : Apr 24 / 25.1 / 16.1 / 14.3 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 26.6 : Apr 21 / 26.5 / 26.6 / 26.4 / 26.3 : Apr 22 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 26.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 26.6 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER HNTW2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 26.8 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 26.7 / 26.5 / 26.4 / 26.4 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 26.4 / 26.4 / 26.4 / 26.3 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 26.3 / 26.2 / 26.2 / 26.1 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 26.1 / 26.0 / 26.0 / 25.9 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.08 : Apr 22 / 0.04 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.7 : Apr 20 / 29.4 / 21.5 / 16.6 / 20.9 : Apr 21 / 26.9 / 20.0 / 17.4 / 23.0 : Apr 22 / 20.2 / 17.9 / 13.1 / 16.6 : Apr 23 / 21.1 / 13.7 / 10.0 / 20.9 : Apr 24 / 25.6 / 16.5 / 14.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 34.5 : Apr 21 / 34.6 / 34.7 / 34.5 / 34.5 : Apr 22 / 34.4 / 34.2 / 34.8 : : Latest Observed River Stage 34.7 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER ASHK2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 34.6 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 34.5 / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.4 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.4 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.3 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 34.3 / 34.3 / 34.3 / 34.2 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 34.2 / 34.2 / 34.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 : Apr 22 / 0.05 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.7 : Apr 20 / 29.6 / 22.5 / 17.0 / 21.5 : Apr 21 / 27.4 / 20.9 / 17.8 / 22.6 : Apr 22 / 20.0 / 18.4 / 13.9 / 16.8 : Apr 23 / 21.4 / 14.3 / 10.4 / 21.1 : Apr 24 / 25.8 / 17.2 / 15.2 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 5.7 : Apr 21 / 5.7 / 5.6 / 5.6 / 5.6 : Apr 22 / 5.5 / 5.3 / 5.3 : : Latest Observed River Stage 5.3 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER GYNK2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 5.2 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 5.2 / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 5.0 / 5.0 / 5.1 / 4.9 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 4.9 / 4.8 / 4.7 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 : Apr 22 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.1 : Apr 20 / 28.1 / 22.2 / 16.7 / 20.9 : Apr 21 / 27.0 / 21.7 / 19.3 / 21.3 : Apr 22 / 19.5 / 18.3 / 13.1 / 16.3 : Apr 23 / 20.9 / 14.1 / 10.3 / 20.3 : Apr 24 / 25.0 / 16.9 / 14.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 20.7 : Apr 21 / 20.4 / 19.9 / 19.7 / 19.0 : Apr 22 / 18.2 / 17.3 / 17.5 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 17.6 ft at 845am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER GNUK2 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 18.3 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 18.2 / 17.8 / 17.6 / 17.7 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 17.8 / 17.9 / 17.9 / 17.8 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 17.7 / 17.6 / 17.3 / 17.1 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 17.0 / 16.9 / 16.8 / 16.7 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 16.6 / 16.7 / 16.7 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.09 : Apr 22 / 0.01 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.6 : Apr 20 / 28.3 / 21.6 / 16.7 / 20.7 : Apr 21 / 26.8 / 21.2 / 18.4 / 21.7 : Apr 22 / 20.2 / 18.5 / 12.8 / 16.6 : Apr 23 / 21.2 / 14.2 / 10.2 / 20.6 : Apr 24 / 25.3 / 16.9 / 14.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 20 / 20.5 : Apr 21 / 20.4 / 20.1 / 19.8 / 19.4 : Apr 22 / 18.7 / 18.1 / 17.8 : : Latest Observed River Stage 17.9 ft at 900am EDT on Tue, Apr 22 : .ER PORO1 20250422 Z DC202504221353/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 22 : / 18.3 .E2 : Apr 23 : / 18.2 / 18.0 / 17.8 / 17.9 .E3 : Apr 24 : / 18.0 / 18.0 / 18.0 / 17.9 .E4 : Apr 25 : / 17.9 / 17.7 / 17.5 / 17.4 .E5 : Apr 26 : / 17.2 / 17.1 / 17.0 / 17.0 .E6 : Apr 27 : / 17.0 / 17.0 / 17.0 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 0.00 : Apr 20 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.09 : Apr 22 / 0.00 / 0.02 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 22 / 0.00 : Apr 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 24 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 19 / 25.7 : Apr 20 / 27.0 / 19.4 / 15.6 / 19.3 : Apr 21 / 25.8 / 21.2 / 18.6 / 20.9 : Apr 22 / 20.6 / 18.2 / 11.3 / 16.2 : Apr 23 / 21.0 / 14.0 / 10.3 / 20.4 : Apr 24 / 24.9 / 16.5 / 14.5 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : :...END of MESSAGE...