River Forecast
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807 FGUS51 KTIR 191443 RVFOHS River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 1043 AM EDT Wed Aug 19 2026 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 : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Owensboro River Gage, KY - PAH : : Action Stage 24.0 ft : Flood Stage 40.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 44.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 49.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 23.3 FT at 930 AM EDT on Aug 19 : :Crest near 30.5 FT around 8AM EDT on Sat, Aug 22 .ER OWBK2 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 23.7 / 24.1 / 24.6 .E2 : 0820 : / 25.5 / 26.8 / 27.8 / 28.8 .E3 : 0821 : / 29.5 / 29.9 / 30.2 / 30.4 .E4 : 0822 : / 30.5 / 30.5 / 30.3 / 29.9 .E5 : 0823 : / 29.3 / 28.4 / 27.4 / 26.3 .E6 : 0824 : / 25.2 / 23.4 / 22.0 / 21.0 .E7 : 0825 : / 20.1 / 19.9 / 19.8 / 19.7 .E8 : 0826 : / 19.5 / 19.4 / 19.3 / 19.2 .E9 : 0827 : / 19.1 / 19.0 / 19.0 / 19.0 .E10 : 0828 : / 19.0 / 19.0 / 19.0 / 19.0 .E11 : 0829 : / 19.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.92/ 0.54/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Newburgh Lock & Dam, IN - PAH : : Action Stage 35.0 ft : Flood Stage 38.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 48.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 56.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 26.1 FT at 900 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER NBGI3 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 26.5 / 27.0 / 27.7 .E2 : 0820 : / 28.5 / 29.3 / 30.2 / 31.1 .E3 : 0821 : / 31.9 / 32.7 / 33.3 / 33.8 .E4 : 0822 : / 34.1 / 34.3 / 34.4 / 34.2 .E5 : 0823 : / 33.8 / 33.2 / 32.3 / 31.3 .E6 : 0824 : / 30.1 / 28.6 / 26.5 / 25.1 .E7 : 0825 : / 23.9 / 22.9 / 22.1 / 21.3 .E8 : 0826 : / 20.7 / 20.0 / 19.4 / 18.8 .E9 : 0827 : / 18.3 / 17.8 / 17.5 / 17.2 .E10 : 0828 : / 16.9 / 16.7 / 16.5 / 16.3 .E11 : 0829 : / 16.1 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.07/ 0.00/ 0.94/ 0.47/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ :Manual Readings about 0.4` higher than automated gage. :Forecast follows manual readings. :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Evansville, IN - PAH : : Action Stage 24.0 ft : Flood Stage 42.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 48.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 52.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 23.0 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 19 : :Crest near 30.1 FT around 8PM EDT on Sat, Aug 22 .ER EVVI3 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 23.2 / 23.6 / 24.2 .E2 : 0820 : / 24.9 / 25.8 / 26.5 / 27.1 .E3 : 0821 : / 27.7 / 28.3 / 28.9 / 29.4 .E4 : 0822 : / 29.8 / 30.0 / 30.1 / 30.1 .E5 : 0823 : / 29.9 / 29.6 / 29.0 / 28.3 .E6 : 0824 : / 27.5 / 26.6 / 25.1 / 23.6 .E7 : 0825 : / 22.1 / 20.9 / 20.1 / 19.4 .E8 : 0826 : / 18.8 / 18.2 / 17.7 / 17.2 .E9 : 0827 : / 16.8 / 16.5 / 16.2 / 16.0 .E10 : 0828 : / 15.8 / 15.7 / 15.6 / 15.4 .E11 : 0829 : / 15.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.14/ 0.00/ 1.01/ 0.41/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Henderson, KY - PAH : : Action Stage 31.0 ft : Flood Stage 36.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 43.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 48.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 19.2 FT at 945 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER HENK2 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 19.3 / 19.6 / 20.1 .E2 : 0820 : / 20.8 / 21.5 / 22.1 / 22.7 .E3 : 0821 : / 23.2 / 23.8 / 24.3 / 24.7 .E4 : 0822 : / 25.0 / 25.3 / 25.4 / 25.5 .E5 : 0823 : / 25.4 / 25.1 / 24.6 / 24.0 .E6 : 0824 : / 23.3 / 22.4 / 21.2 / 19.9 .E7 : 0825 : / 18.7 / 17.7 / 17.1 / 16.6 .E8 : 0826 : / 16.1 / 15.6 / 15.2 / 14.9 .E9 : 0827 : / 14.5 / 14.3 / 14.1 / 13.9 .E10 : 0828 : / 13.8 / 13.7 / 13.6 / 13.5 .E11 : 0829 : / 13.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.17/ 0.00/ 0.96/ 0.34/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Mount Vernon, IN - PAH : : Action Stage 28.0 ft : Flood Stage 35.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 45.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 52.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 26.1 FT at 700 AM EDT on Aug 19 : :Crest near 29.5 FT around 2AM EDT on Sun, Aug 23 .ER MTVI3 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 26.2 / 26.4 / 26.6 .E2 : 0820 : / 26.7 / 27.0 / 27.4 / 27.7 .E3 : 0821 : / 28.0 / 28.3 / 28.6 / 28.9 .E4 : 0822 : / 29.1 / 29.3 / 29.4 / 29.5 .E5 : 0823 : / 29.5 / 29.3 / 29.1 / 28.8 .E6 : 0824 : / 28.4 / 27.9 / 27.3 / 26.2 .E7 : 0825 : / 25.5 / 25.0 / 24.7 / 24.4 .E8 : 0826 : / 24.3 / 24.2 / 24.1 / 24.1 .E9 : 0827 : / 24.0 / 24.0 / 23.9 / 23.9 .E10 : 0828 : / 23.8 / 23.8 / 23.8 / 23.8 .E11 : 0829 : / 23.7 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.21/ 0.00/ 1.09/ 0.51/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - J T Myers Dam, KY - PAH : : Action Stage 33.0 ft : Flood Stage 37.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 49.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 60.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 25.6 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER UNWK2 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 25.8 / 26.0 / 26.4 .E2 : 0820 : / 26.8 / 27.4 / 28.0 / 28.6 .E3 : 0821 : / 29.2 / 29.6 / 30.1 / 30.5 .E4 : 0822 : / 31.0 / 31.3 / 31.6 / 31.9 .E5 : 0823 : / 32.0 / 32.0 / 31.9 / 31.7 .E6 : 0824 : / 31.3 / 30.8 / 30.2 / 29.5 .E7 : 0825 : / 27.9 / 26.4 / 25.4 / 24.7 .E8 : 0826 : / 24.2 / 23.7 / 23.4 / 23.0 .E9 : 0827 : / 22.7 / 22.5 / 22.2 / 21.9 .E10 : 0828 : / 21.7 / 21.4 / 21.3 / 21.1 .E11 : 0829 : / 20.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.27/ 0.00/ 1.23/ 0.76/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Shawneetown, IL - PAH : : Action Stage 30.0 ft : Flood Stage 33.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 43.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 53.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 24.0 FT at 1030 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER SHNI2 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 24.0 / 24.1 / 24.3 .E2 : 0820 : / 24.6 / 25.0 / 25.4 / 25.9 .E3 : 0821 : / 26.3 / 26.7 / 27.1 / 27.5 .E4 : 0822 : / 27.9 / 28.3 / 28.6 / 28.8 .E5 : 0823 : / 29.0 / 29.1 / 29.1 / 29.0 .E6 : 0824 : / 28.8 / 28.5 / 28.0 / 27.5 .E7 : 0825 : / 26.6 / 25.4 / 24.4 / 23.6 .E8 : 0826 : / 23.0 / 22.5 / 22.1 / 21.7 .E9 : 0827 : / 21.4 / 21.2 / 20.8 / 20.5 .E10 : 0828 : / 20.2 / 20.1 / 19.9 / 19.7 .E11 : 0829 : / 19.6 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.26/ 0.00/ 0.89/ 0.40/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Golconda, IL - PAH : : Action Stage 36.0 ft : Flood Stage 40.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 49.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 55.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 30.9 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 19 : .ER GOLI2 20260819 Z DC202608191443/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0819 : / 30.8 / 30.7 / 30.7 .E2 : 0820 : / 30.8 / 30.9 / 31.1 / 31.3 .E3 : 0821 : / 31.5 / 31.8 / 32.0 / 32.3 .E4 : 0822 : / 32.5 / 32.7 / 32.8 / 32.9 .E5 : 0823 : / 33.0 / 33.2 / 33.4 / 33.5 .E6 : 0824 : / 33.5 / 33.5 / 33.4 / 33.3 .E7 : 0825 : / 33.0 / 32.9 / 32.6 / 32.2 .E8 : 0826 : / 31.8 / 31.4 / 31.1 / 30.8 .E9 : 0827 : / 30.7 / 30.5 / 30.4 / 30.3 .E10 : 0828 : / 30.2 / 30.1 / 30.0 / 30.0 .E11 : 0829 : / 29.9 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.46/ 0.00/ 0.87/ 0.82/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : : :...END of MESSAGE...