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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
1101 AM EDT Wed Aug 12 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


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: Scioto River - La Rue, OH - CLE
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          12.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    14.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 10.5 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 12
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:Crest near 10.5 FT around 2PM EDT on Wed, Aug 12
.ER LARO1 20260812 Z DC202608121501/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0812 :           /  10.5 /  10.5 /  10.2
.E2    : 0813 :   /   9.8 /   9.2 /   8.6 /   8.1
.E3    : 0814 :   /   7.6 /   7.3 /   7.0 /   6.9
.E4    : 0815 :   /   6.7 /   6.4 /   6.1 /   5.6
.E5    : 0816 :   /   5.2 /   4.9 /   4.4 /   4.0
.E6    : 0817 :   /   3.6
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.01/ 0.36/ 0.00/ 0.02/ 0.00/ 0.18/ 0.17/ 0.09/
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: Olentangy River - Worthington, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         8.0 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 13.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    16.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 2.9 FT at 1030 AM EDT on Aug 12
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.ER WRTO1 20260812 Z DC202608121501/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0812 :           /   3.1 /   3.3 /   3.4
.E2    : 0813 :   /   3.3 /   3.4 /   3.4 /   3.5
.E3    : 0814 :   /   3.6 /   3.5 /   3.2 /   3.0
.E4    : 0815 :   /   2.9 /   2.9 /   2.7 /   2.7
.E5    : 0816 :   /   2.6 /   2.6 /   2.5 /   2.5
.E6    : 0817 :   /   2.5
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.45/ 0.00/ 0.04/ 0.00/ 0.11/ 0.26/ 0.17/
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: Scioto River - Columbus, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         16.0 ft
: Flood Stage          24.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    27.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 12.2 FT at 1045 AM EDT on Aug 12
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.ER COLO1 20260812 Z DC202608121501/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0812 :           /  12.1 /  12.3 /  12.3
.E2    : 0813 :   /  11.9 /  11.5 /  11.2 /  11.2
.E3    : 0814 :   /  11.3 /  11.3 /  11.0 /  10.7
.E4    : 0815 :   /  10.5 /  10.3 /  10.0 /   9.8
.E5    : 0816 :   /   9.6 /   9.3 /   9.1 /   8.9
.E6    : 0817 :   /   8.7
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.01/ 0.47/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.14/ 0.25/ 0.25/
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: Scioto River - Circleville, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         13.0 ft
: Flood Stage          15.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 20.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    26.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 13.6 FT at 1030 AM EDT on Aug 12
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:Crest near 14.0 FT around 8PM EDT on Wed, Aug 12
.ER CRCO1 20260812 Z DC202608121501/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0812 :           /  13.7 /  14.0 /  13.9
.E2    : 0813 :   /  13.8 /  13.4 /  12.8 /  12.3
.E3    : 0814 :   /  11.6 /  10.8 /  10.7 /  10.7
.E4    : 0815 :   /  10.7 /  10.4 /   9.9 /   9.4
.E5    : 0816 :   /   8.8 /   8.3 /   7.9 /   7.4
.E6    : 0817 :   /   7.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.01/ 0.46/ 0.14/ 0.01/ 0.00/ 0.19/ 0.29/ 0.23/
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: Scioto River - Piketon, OH - ILN
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: Action Stage         17.0 ft
: Flood Stage          20.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 24.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    36.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 13.1 FT at 1000 AM EDT on Aug 12
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.ER PKTO1 20260812 Z DC202608121501/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0812 :           /  13.8 /  15.6 /  16.4
.E2    : 0813 :   /  16.8 /  16.7 /  16.4 /  15.9
.E3    : 0814 :   /  15.5 /  15.2 /  15.1 /  15.1
.E4    : 0815 :   /  15.0 /  14.7 /  14.4 /  13.8
.E5    : 0816 :   /  13.1 /  12.3 /  11.5 /  10.8
.E6    : 0817 :   /  10.1
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.02/ 0.12/ 0.28/ 0.10/ 0.00/ 0.13/ 0.37/ 0.51/
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