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728 FGUS51 KTIR 031611 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 12:11pm EDT Thursday, April 3, 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. : .AR RACW2 20250408 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH00/HTIFFX :crest: 38.6 : Crest near 38.6 ft around 8PM EDT on Mon, Apr 7 : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 01 / 17.0 : Apr 02 / 16.0 / 16.8 / 16.7 / 17.1 : Apr 03 / 17.7 / 17.0 / 17.1 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 18.0 ft at 1200pm EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER RACW2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 19.5 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 19.7 / 23.0 / 27.4 / 30.9 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 33.3 / 34.7 / 34.9 / 34.8 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 34.6 / 34.4 / 34.8 / 35.6 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 36.6 / 37.5 / 38.2 / 38.5 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 38.6 / 38.5 / 38.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.09 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.85 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.38 : Apr 04 / 0.26 / 0.40 / 0.49 / 0.07 : Apr 05 / 0.10 / 0.04 / 0.03 / 0.01 : Apr 06 / 0.05 / 0.33 / 0.58 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 15.1 : Apr 01 / 11.2 / 6.8 / 5.1 / 6.7 : Apr 02 / 11.1 / 6.8 / 5.5 / 18.0 : Apr 03 / 25.4 / 22.1 / 19.6 / 19.6 : Apr 04 / 19.8 / 15.1 / 12.7 / 15.0 : Apr 05 / 18.1 / 15.7 / 17.8 / 25.0 : Apr 06 / 25.2 / 18.2 / 14.5 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 01 / 25.6 : Apr 02 / 25.2 / 25.5 / 25.4 / 25.7 : Apr 03 / 25.7 / 25.6 / 25.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 25.7 ft at 1200pm EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER POPW2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 25.5 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 25.6 / 26.9 / 28.5 / 30.3 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 31.7 / 32.7 / 33.3 / 33.7 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 33.5 / 33.3 / 33.4 / 33.8 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 34.5 / 35.1 / 35.7 / 36.1 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 36.3 / 36.3 / 36.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.08 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.83 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.33 : Apr 04 / 0.31 / 0.39 / 0.48 / 0.08 : Apr 05 / 0.11 / 0.03 / 0.03 / 0.01 : Apr 06 / 0.06 / 0.40 / 0.61 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 14.7 : Apr 01 / 10.5 / 6.5 / 5.4 / 6.9 : Apr 02 / 10.9 / 7.0 / 5.4 / 18.1 : Apr 03 / 28.1 / 24.2 / 20.1 / 19.7 : Apr 04 / 19.9 / 15.2 / 12.8 / 15.4 : Apr 05 / 18.6 / 15.9 / 17.9 / 25.0 : Apr 06 / 25.4 / 18.2 / 14.5 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 01 / 21.7 : Apr 02 / 20.4 / 20.0 / 20.3 / 20.5 : Apr 03 / 20.8 / 20.8 / 20.8 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 21.4 ft at 1200pm EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER GALW2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 22.6 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 25.1 / 27.6 / 31.4 / 35.2 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 37.4 / 38.8 / 39.5 / 39.6 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 39.4 / 39.2 / 39.6 / 40.2 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 40.8 / 41.3 / 41.8 / 42.1 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 42.2 / 42.2 / 42.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.01 : Apr 01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.92 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.27 : Apr 04 / 0.38 / 0.47 / 0.61 / 0.09 : Apr 05 / 0.13 / 0.04 / 0.03 / 0.02 : Apr 06 / 0.07 / 0.46 / 0.65 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 14.2 : Apr 01 / 10.3 / 6.5 / 5.8 / 7.1 : Apr 02 / 10.8 / 7.2 / 5.8 / 18.2 : Apr 03 / 29.0 / 25.5 / 20.5 / 19.7 : Apr 04 / 19.7 / 15.2 / 12.9 / 15.0 : Apr 05 / 18.3 / 16.1 / 18.2 / 24.9 : Apr 06 / 25.2 / 18.3 / 14.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 01 / 28.2 : Apr 02 / 28.1 / 27.6 / 27.7 / 27.7 : Apr 03 / 27.7 / 27.7 / 27.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 28.2 ft at 1200pm EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER HNTW2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 28.9 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 30.4 / 32.0 / 35.4 / 38.3 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 40.1 / 41.3 / 41.9 / 42.1 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 42.2 / 42.0 / 42.5 / 43.4 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 44.2 / 44.5 / 44.7 / 44.9 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 45.0 / 45.0 / 45.0 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.10 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.70 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.49 : Apr 04 / 0.40 / 0.28 / 0.34 / 0.13 : Apr 05 / 0.08 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 06 / 0.03 / 0.36 / 0.65 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 15.0 : Apr 01 / 11.0 / 6.8 / 5.5 / 6.9 : Apr 02 / 10.8 / 7.0 / 5.1 / 19.2 : Apr 03 / 29.3 / 25.6 / 20.9 / 20.0 : Apr 04 / 20.5 / 15.9 / 13.6 / 17.3 : Apr 05 / 20.8 / 17.1 / 18.7 / 25.9 : Apr 06 / 26.4 / 19.0 / 15.7 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 01 / 35.6 : Apr 02 / 35.7 / 35.3 / 35.4 / 35.3 : Apr 03 / 35.1 / 35.1 / 35.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 35.6 ft at 1200pm EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER ASHK2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 35.5 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 35.8 / 36.8 / 38.2 / 39.8 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 41.8 / 43.0 / 43.9 / 44.3 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 44.4 / 44.3 / 44.6 / 45.1 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 45.5 / 45.8 / 46.0 / 46.1 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 46.2 / 46.2 / 46.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.04 : Apr 01 / 0.04 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.87 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.47 : Apr 04 / 0.47 / 0.25 / 0.29 / 0.21 : Apr 05 / 0.07 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 06 / 0.02 / 0.37 / 0.70 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 15.1 : Apr 01 / 11.2 / 6.9 / 5.2 / 7.1 : Apr 02 / 11.0 / 7.5 / 5.5 / 19.9 : Apr 03 / 29.4 / 25.7 / 20.7 / 20.0 : Apr 04 / 20.7 / 16.6 / 14.4 / 18.4 : Apr 05 / 22.3 / 18.3 / 19.2 / 26.3 : Apr 06 / 26.9 / 19.8 / 16.3 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 10AM EDT on Fri, Apr 4 .AR GYNK2 20250405 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH00/HGIFFX :crest: 22.3 : Crest near 22.3 ft around 8PM EDT on Fri, Apr 4 .AR GYNK2 20250406 Z DC202504031211/DUE/DQG/DH20/HGIFFX :crest: 20.1 : Crest near 20.1 ft around 8PM EDT on Sun, Apr 6 : Fall below flood level around 12AM EDT on Sat, Apr 5 : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 01 / 8.0 : Apr 02 / 7.5 / 7.1 / 6.8 / 6.7 : Apr 03 / 6.6 / 6.5 / 7.0 : : Latest Observed River Stage 8.2 ft at 1100am EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER GYNK2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 10.2 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 14.1 / 18.2 / 20.7 / 21.8 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 22.3 / 20.1 / 15.1 / 13.8 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 12.9 / 12.3 / 14.3 / 18.6 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 20.1 / 17.8 / 14.3 / 13.5 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 12.7 / 12.1 / 11.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.03 : Apr 01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.94 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.43 : Apr 04 / 0.53 / 0.30 / 0.34 / 0.26 : Apr 05 / 0.09 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 06 / 0.04 / 0.47 / 0.77 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 13.7 : Apr 01 / 10.0 / 6.1 / 4.5 / 6.5 : Apr 02 / 11.1 / 7.8 / 5.7 / 19.3 : Apr 03 / 28.3 / 25.3 / 19.9 / 19.1 : Apr 04 / 19.8 / 16.3 / 14.2 / 18.0 : Apr 05 / 22.0 / 18.6 / 19.5 / 25.4 : Apr 06 / 26.1 / 19.5 / 15.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 01 / 24.8 : Apr 02 / 25.1 / 24.4 / 23.7 / 23.7 : Apr 03 / 24.0 / 24.0 / 24.4 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 25.5 ft at 1145am EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER GNUK2 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 25.5 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 25.5 / 28.6 / 31.8 / 36.2 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 39.4 / 41.8 / 43.3 / 44.3 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 44.9 / 45.2 / 45.5 / 46.0 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 46.6 / 47.3 / 47.7 / 48.0 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 48.1 / 48.3 / 48.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.94 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.36 : Apr 04 / 0.46 / 0.44 / 0.51 / 0.19 : Apr 05 / 0.12 / 0.02 / 0.01 / 0.01 : Apr 06 / 0.07 / 0.51 / 0.74 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 13.8 : Apr 01 / 10.4 / 6.5 / 5.3 / 7.1 : Apr 02 / 10.9 / 7.9 / 6.0 / 18.7 : Apr 03 / 28.8 / 25.8 / 20.1 / 19.5 : Apr 04 / 19.8 / 16.0 / 13.8 / 16.9 : Apr 05 / 20.6 / 17.8 / 19.1 / 25.3 : Apr 06 / 26.0 / 19.1 / 15.5 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH06/HGIFFX :crest: 48.2 : Crest near 48.2 ft around 2AM EDT on Mon, Apr 7 : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 01 / 24.3 : Apr 02 / 24.6 / 24.2 / 23.4 / 23.2 : Apr 03 / 23.4 / 23.5 / 24.0 : : Latest Observed River Stage 24.9 ft at 1200pm EDT on Thu, Apr 3 : .ER PORO1 20250403 Z DC202504031611/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Apr 03 : / 25.3 .E2 : Apr 04 : / 26.1 / 30.2 / 35.0 / 38.4 .E3 : Apr 05 : / 40.8 / 42.2 / 43.0 / 43.5 .E4 : Apr 06 : / 44.0 / 44.6 / 46.0 / 47.3 .E5 : Apr 07 : / 48.0 / 48.2 / 48.1 / 48.0 .E6 : Apr 08 : / 48.0 / 48.0 / 47.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 0.02 : Apr 01 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Apr 03 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 1.29 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 03 / 0.12 : Apr 04 / 0.39 / 0.70 / 0.73 / 0.12 : Apr 05 / 0.15 / 0.06 / 0.04 / 0.02 : Apr 06 / 0.14 / 0.68 / 0.74 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (144 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 31 / 13.0 : Apr 01 / 9.7 / 6.1 / 5.2 / 7.0 : Apr 02 / 10.8 / 7.7 / 6.4 / 17.4 : Apr 03 / 28.3 / 26.1 / 19.5 / 19.1 : Apr 04 / 19.0 / 15.2 / 13.0 / 14.6 : Apr 05 / 18.2 / 16.9 / 18.7 / 24.0 : Apr 06 / 24.7 / 17.9 / 13.8 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : astifan :...END of MESSAGE...