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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH
11:04am EDT Saturday, April 26, 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


: Markland Dam - Ohio River - ILN
: Zero Datum 408.0 ft (Ohio River Datum)
: Gallatin County, KY
: Record Tailwater Stage     76.1 ft
: Major Tailwater Stage      74.0 ft
: Moderate Tailwater Stage   62.0 ft
: Flood Tailwater Stage      51.0 ft
: Action Tailwater Stage     49.0 ft
:
: Time series data are in 6-hour increments.
:
:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 24                           /  18.9
:     Apr 25   /  18.9 /  18.9 /  18.9 /  18.9
:     Apr 26   /  18.9 /  19.8 /  21.1
:
: Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 21.2 ft at 1045am EDT on Sat, Apr 26
:
.ER MKLK2 20250426 Z DC202504261504/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : Apr 26 :                         /  21.4
.E2 : Apr 27 : /  21.5 /  21.5 /  21.1 /  20.8
.E3 : Apr 28 : /  20.5 /  21.1 /  22.1 /  22.8
.E4 : Apr 29 : /  23.5 /  24.0 /  24.4 /  24.6
.E5 : Apr 30 : /  24.5 /  24.3 /  23.9 /  23.3
.E6 : May 01 : /  22.6 /  21.9 /  21.1
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  0.00
:     Apr 24   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 25   /  0.29 /  0.04 /  0.01 /  0.10
:     Apr 26   /  0.33 /  0.25 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 26                           /  0.00
:     Apr 27   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 28   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  19.4
:     Apr 24   /  25.3 /  17.2 /  12.9 /  21.7
:     Apr 25   /  23.3 /  17.6 /  16.2 /  18.9
:     Apr 26   /  19.4 /  18.2 /  12.1 /  12.1
:     Apr 27   /  15.8 /  10.2 /   6.8 /  13.8
:     Apr 28   /  17.7 /  11.2 /  10.0
:____________________________________________________________________

: McAlpine Upper - Ohio River - LMK
: Zero Datum 407.18 ft (NAVD 88)
: Jefferson County, KY
: Record Pool Stage     52.2 ft
: Major Pool Stage      38.0 ft
: Moderate Pool Stage   30.0 ft
: Flood Pool Stage      23.0 ft
: Action Pool Stage     21.0 ft
:
: Time series data are in 6-hour increments.
:
:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 24                           /  12.8
:     Apr 25   /  12.9 /  12.9 /  12.8 /  12.9
:     Apr 26   /  12.7 /  12.8 /  12.8
:
: Latest Observed Pool Stage 12.8 ft at 1000am EDT on Sat, Apr 26
:
.ER MLUK2 20250426 Z DC202504261504/DUE/DQG/DH18/HPIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : Apr 26 :                         /  12.8
.E2 : Apr 27 : /  12.8 /  12.9 /  12.9 /  13.0
.E3 : Apr 28 : /  12.9 /  12.9 /  12.9 /  12.9
.E4 : Apr 29 : /  12.9 /  12.9 /  12.9 /  13.0
.E5 : Apr 30 : /  13.0 /  13.0 /  13.0 /  13.0
.E6 : May 01 : /  13.0 /  13.0 /  13.0
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  0.00
:     Apr 24   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 25   /  0.62 /  0.03 /  0.00 /  0.19
:     Apr 26   /  0.29 /  0.04 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 26                           /  0.00
:     Apr 27   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 28   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  19.7
:     Apr 24   /  26.0 /  18.6 /  14.0 /  22.1
:     Apr 25   /  21.1 /  17.2 /  16.2 /  18.3
:     Apr 26   /  20.5 /  18.1 /  13.5 /  12.3
:     Apr 27   /  16.3 /  11.2 /   8.1 /  14.6
:     Apr 28   /  18.2 /  12.6 /  11.1
:____________________________________________________________________

: McAlpine Lower - Ohio River - LMK
: Zero Datum 373.18 ft (NGVD29)
: Jefferson County, KY
: Record Tailwater Stage     85.4 ft
: Major Tailwater Stage      73.0 ft
: Moderate Tailwater Stage   65.0 ft
: Flood Tailwater Stage      55.0 ft
: Action Tailwater Stage     53.0 ft
:
: Time series data are in 6-hour increments.
:
:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 24                           /  18.4
:     Apr 25   /  18.3 /  18.5 /  18.5 /  18.7
:     Apr 26   /  18.8 /  18.7 /  19.3
:
: Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 19.6 ft at 1000am EDT on Sat, Apr 26
:
.ER MLPK2 20250426 Z DC202504261504/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : Apr 26 :                         /  19.9
.E2 : Apr 27 : /  20.4 /  20.9 /  21.3 /  21.4
.E3 : Apr 28 : /  21.1 /  20.7 /  20.9 /  21.5
.E4 : Apr 29 : /  22.4 /  23.1 /  23.8 /  24.5
.E5 : Apr 30 : /  25.1 /  25.5 /  25.6 /  25.4
.E6 : May 01 : /  24.8 /  24.0 /  23.1
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  0.00
:     Apr 24   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 25   /  0.62 /  0.03 /  0.00 /  0.19
:     Apr 26   /  0.29 /  0.04 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 26                           /  0.00
:     Apr 27   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 28   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  19.7
:     Apr 24   /  26.0 /  18.6 /  14.0 /  22.1
:     Apr 25   /  21.1 /  17.2 /  16.2 /  18.3
:     Apr 26   /  20.5 /  18.1 /  13.5 /  12.3
:     Apr 27   /  16.3 /  11.2 /   8.1 /  14.6
:     Apr 28   /  18.2 /  12.6 /  11.1
:____________________________________________________________________

: Cannelton Dam - Ohio River - LMK
: Zero Datum 348.0 ft (Ohio River)
: Perry County, IN
: Record Tailwater Stage     60.8 ft
: Major Tailwater Stage      50.0 ft
: Moderate Tailwater Stage   46.0 ft
: Flood Tailwater Stage      42.0 ft
: Action Tailwater Stage     40.0 ft
:
: Time series data are in 6-hour increments.
:
:  Obsv Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 24                           /  15.0
:     Apr 25   /  15.0 /  15.0 /  15.4 /  15.8
:     Apr 26   /  16.0 /  16.0 /  16.3
:
: Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 16.5 ft at 1000am EDT on Sat, Apr 26
:
.ER CNNI3 20250426 Z DC202504261504/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6
:
:  Fcst Valid  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
.E1 : Apr 26 :                         /  16.8
.E2 : Apr 27 : /  17.0 /  17.2 /  17.2 /  17.2
.E3 : Apr 28 : /  17.4 /  17.3 /  17.2 /  17.2
.E4 : Apr 29 : /  17.5 /  17.9 /  18.3 /  18.8
.E5 : Apr 30 : /  19.2 /  19.7 /  20.1 /  20.4
.E6 : May 01 : /  20.4 /  20.2 /  19.8
:
: Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  0.00
:     Apr 24   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 25   /  0.29 /  0.07 /  0.03 /  0.60
:     Apr 26   /  0.41 /  0.07 /  0.00
:
: Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 26                           /  0.00
:     Apr 27   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:     Apr 28   /  0.00 /  0.00 /  0.00
:
: Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours):
: Valid Times  /   00Z /   06Z /   12Z /   18Z
:     Apr 23                           /  19.7
:     Apr 24   /  26.0 /  18.9 /  14.6 /  21.4
:     Apr 25   /  24.3 /  17.8 /  16.6 /  18.3
:     Apr 26   /  21.0 /  17.8 /  13.9 /  13.6
:     Apr 27   /  17.3 /  11.6 /   8.7 /  14.9
:     Apr 28   /  18.4 /  13.2 /  11.4
:____________________________________________________________________
$$
: Fliehman
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