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396 FGUS51 KTIR 211426 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 9:26am EST Friday, February 21, 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 : Feb 19 / 28.9 : Feb 20 / 26.5 / 24.9 / 23.3 / 21.1 : Feb 21 / 20.0 / 19.3 / 19.5 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 19.5 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER RACW2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 19.0 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 18.5 / 18.1 / 17.8 / 17.5 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 17.2 / 17.0 / 16.8 / 16.6 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 16.4 / 16.1 / 15.8 / 15.6 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 15.5 / 15.4 / 15.4 / 15.4 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 15.4 / 15.4 / 15.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.07 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.02 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -7.5 : Feb 19 / -4.8 / -7.8 / -9.5 / -9.2 : Feb 20 / -5.8 / -6.2 / -8.0 / -7.5 : Feb 21 / -6.2 / -7.0 / -7.1 / -4.9 : Feb 22 / -1.3 / -6.2 / -8.6 / -2.7 : Feb 23 / 1.7 / -3.8 / -6.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 35.8 : Feb 20 / 33.8 / 31.9 / 30.0 / 28.2 : Feb 21 / 26.8 / 26.3 / 26.3 : : Latest Observed River Stage 26.3 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER POPW2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 26.0 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 25.7 / 25.6 / 25.6 / 25.5 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 25.5 / 25.5 / 25.5 / 25.4 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 25.4 / 25.4 / 25.3 / 25.3 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 25.3 / 25.3 / 25.3 / 25.3 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 25.4 / 25.4 / 25.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.02 / 0.07 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -7.0 : Feb 19 / -4.6 / -7.5 / -9.4 / -9.1 : Feb 20 / -5.4 / -6.0 / -7.8 / -7.4 : Feb 21 / -5.9 / -6.6 / -6.9 / -4.8 : Feb 22 / -1.1 / -6.1 / -8.6 / -2.7 : Feb 23 / 1.9 / -3.6 / -6.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 42.6 : Feb 20 / 40.6 / 38.7 / 36.7 / 34.9 : Feb 21 / 32.3 / 29.9 / 28.6 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 28.4 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER GALW2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 27.9 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 27.1 / 26.4 / 25.9 / 25.4 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 25.0 / 24.7 / 24.4 / 24.1 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 23.8 / 23.5 / 23.1 / 22.8 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 22.6 / 22.5 / 22.5 / 22.5 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 22.6 / 22.7 / 22.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.08 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -6.9 : Feb 19 / -4.7 / -7.6 / -9.2 / -9.1 : Feb 20 / -5.3 / -6.1 / -8.0 / -7.3 : Feb 21 / -5.7 / -6.7 / -7.4 / -4.6 : Feb 22 / -0.7 / -5.6 / -8.3 / -2.5 : Feb 23 / 2.2 / -3.3 / -5.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 47.4 : Feb 20 / 45.7 / 43.9 / 41.9 / 40.0 : Feb 21 / 38.0 / 35.7 / 33.7 : : Latest Observed River Stage 33.2 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER HNTW2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 32.8 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 32.1 / 31.6 / 31.1 / 30.7 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 30.3 / 30.0 / 29.7 / 29.4 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 29.1 / 28.9 / 28.6 / 28.3 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 28.0 / 27.9 / 27.8 / 27.7 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 27.7 / 27.7 / 27.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.05 / 0.08 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.04 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -5.4 : Feb 19 / -3.6 / -6.3 / -9.0 / -8.7 : Feb 20 / -5.6 / -6.2 / -7.7 / -7.2 : Feb 21 / -5.3 / -6.4 / -7.1 / -4.8 : Feb 22 / -0.7 / -5.9 / -8.6 / -2.4 : Feb 23 / 2.5 / -3.3 / -5.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 52.0 : Feb 20 / 50.5 / 48.7 / 46.9 / 45.0 : Feb 21 / 43.1 / 41.0 / 39.0 : : Latest Observed River Stage 38.5 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER ASHK2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 38.4 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 38.1 / 37.8 / 37.6 / 37.3 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 37.1 / 37.0 / 36.8 / 36.7 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 36.6 / 36.5 / 36.4 / 36.2 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 36.1 / 36.0 / 36.0 / 35.9 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 35.9 / 35.9 / 35.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.11 / 0.08 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -4.4 : Feb 19 / -2.6 / -5.7 / -9.0 / -8.5 : Feb 20 / -5.4 / -6.1 / -8.0 / -7.1 : Feb 21 / -5.4 / -7.0 / -7.7 / -5.0 : Feb 22 / -0.5 / -5.5 / -8.3 / -2.2 : Feb 23 / 2.9 / -3.0 / -5.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 7.7 : Feb 20 / 8.5 / 10.0 / 12.2 / 13.5 : Feb 21 / 13.9 / 14.0 / 13.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 13.9 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER GYNK2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 13.8 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 13.7 / 13.7 / 13.6 / 13.6 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 13.6 / 13.6 / 13.6 / 13.6 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 13.6 / 13.7 / 13.7 / 13.8 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 13.7 / 13.4 / 12.9 / 12.5 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 12.0 / 11.6 / 11.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.11 / 0.07 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -4.9 : Feb 19 / -3.1 / -6.3 / -9.6 / -8.9 : Feb 20 / -5.8 / -6.6 / -8.8 / -8.0 : Feb 21 / -6.8 / -8.0 / -8.9 / -5.6 : Feb 22 / -1.0 / -5.6 / -8.5 / -2.5 : Feb 23 / 2.4 / -3.2 / -5.7 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 53.7 : Feb 20 / 52.5 / 51.1 / 49.5 / 47.7 : Feb 21 / 45.9 / 44.0 / 42.0 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 41.3 ft at 845am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER GNUK2 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 40.3 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 39.0 / 37.8 / 36.8 / 35.9 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 35.1 / 34.4 / 33.8 / 33.3 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 32.9 / 32.4 / 32.0 / 31.6 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 31.1 / 30.7 / 30.3 / 30.1 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 30.0 / 29.9 / 29.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.05 / 0.06 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -5.3 : Feb 19 / -3.5 / -6.7 / -9.2 / -8.6 : Feb 20 / -5.1 / -6.0 / -8.2 / -7.2 : Feb 21 / -5.4 / -6.6 / -7.1 / -4.7 : Feb 22 / -0.4 / -5.3 / -8.0 / -2.2 : Feb 23 / 2.8 / -2.9 / -5.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Feb 19 / 52.5 : Feb 20 / 51.4 / 50.1 / 48.6 / 46.9 : Feb 21 / 45.3 / 43.5 / 41.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 40.8 ft at 900am EST on Fri, Feb 21 : .ER PORO1 20250221 Z DC202502211426/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 21 : / 39.8 .E2 : Feb 22 : / 38.7 / 37.8 / 37.0 / 36.3 .E3 : Feb 23 : / 35.7 / 35.1 / 34.6 / 34.1 .E4 : Feb 24 : / 33.6 / 33.2 / 32.6 / 32.0 .E5 : Feb 25 : / 31.5 / 31.0 / 30.6 / 30.2 .E6 : Feb 26 : / 30.0 / 29.9 / 29.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / 0.00 : Feb 19 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.06 : Feb 20 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.02 / 0.00 : Feb 21 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 21 / 0.00 : Feb 22 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 23 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 18 / -7.1 : Feb 19 / -5.1 / -8.2 / -9.4 / -9.1 : Feb 20 / -5.1 / -6.3 / -8.4 / -7.4 : Feb 21 / -5.5 / -6.5 / -7.1 / -4.7 : Feb 22 / -0.5 / -5.2 / -7.9 / -2.6 : Feb 23 / 2.2 / -2.9 / -5.5 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : :...END of MESSAGE...