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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
1234 PM EDT Fri Sep 18 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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: Wabash River - Linn Grove, IN - IWX
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: Action Stage         9.0 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 14.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    17.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 14.8 FT at 1145 AM EDT on Sep 18
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:Crest near 14.9 FT around 8PM EDT on Fri, Sep 18
:Fall below flood stage around 8PM EDT on Tue, Sep 22
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.ER LYNI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /  14.8 /  14.9 /  14.8
.E2    : 0919 :   /  14.8 /  14.6 /  14.5 /  14.4
.E3    : 0920 :   /  14.2 /  14.1 /  14.0 /  13.9
.E4    : 0921 :   /  13.5 /  13.0 /  12.5 /  12.0
.E5    : 0922 :   /  11.6 /  11.3 /  11.0 /  10.8
.E6    : 0923 :   /  10.5
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.14/ 0.27/ 0.15/ 0.45/
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: Wabash River - Wabash River at Bluffton, IN - IWX
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: Action Stage         7.0 ft
: Flood Stage          10.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 14.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    18.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 15.1 FT at 1145 AM EDT on Sep 18
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:Fall below flood stage around 11AM EDT on Tue, Sep 22
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.ER BLFI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /  15.2 /  15.1 /  14.2
.E2    : 0919 :   /  13.2 /  12.6 /  12.3 /  12.1
.E3    : 0920 :   /  12.1 /  12.0 /  12.0 /  11.9
.E4    : 0921 :   /  11.8 /  11.5 /  11.1 /  10.7
.E5    : 0922 :   /  10.2 /   9.7 /   9.2 /   8.8
.E6    : 0923 :   /   8.4
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.26/ 0.20/ 0.16/ 0.49/
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: Salamonie River - Portland, IN - IWX
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: Action Stage         9.0 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 14.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    16.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 3.5 FT at 1145 AM EDT on Sep 18
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.ER PORI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   3.5 /   3.4 /   3.4
.E2    : 0919 :   /   3.3 /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.8
.E3    : 0920 :   /   4.5 /   5.2 /   4.6 /   4.2
.E4    : 0921 :   /   4.0 /   3.8 /   3.6 /   3.5
.E5    : 0922 :   /   3.3 /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.1
.E6    : 0923 :   /   3.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.06/ 0.28/ 0.16/ 0.40/
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: Wabash River - Wabash River at Wabash, IN - IWX
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: Action Stage         10.0 ft
: Flood Stage          14.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 19.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    23.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 9.4 FT at 1130 AM EDT on Sep 18
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:Crest near 10.9 FT around 2PM EDT on Sun, Sep 20
.ER WABI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   9.4 /   9.6 /  10.0
.E2    : 0919 :   /   9.4 /   9.2 /   9.3 /   9.5
.E3    : 0920 :   /  10.2 /  10.9 /  10.9 /  10.4
.E4    : 0921 :   /   9.9 /   9.4 /   9.0 /   8.6
.E5    : 0922 :   /   8.4 /   8.1 /   8.7 /   8.5
.E6    : 0923 :   /   8.4
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.37/ 0.09/ 0.30/ 0.50/
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: Tippecanoe River - Ora, IN - IWX
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: Action Stage         9.0 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 - 7.0 FT at 1145 AM EDT on Sep 18
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:Crest near 9.6 FT around 2PM EDT on Tue, Sep 22
.ER ORAI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   7.1 /   7.5 /   7.7
.E2    : 0919 :   /   7.8 /   7.8 /   7.9 /   7.9
.E3    : 0920 :   /   8.0 /   8.2 /   8.5 /   8.8
.E4    : 0921 :   /   9.0 /   9.3 /   9.4 /   9.5
.E5    : 0922 :   /   9.5 /   9.6 /   9.6 /   9.6
.E6    : 0923 :   /   9.6
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.17/ 0.54/ 0.11/ 0.41/ 0.50/
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: Tippecanoe River - Lake Freeman, IN - IND
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: Action Flow         9000.0 cfs
: Flood Flow          13000.0 cfs
: Moderate Flood Flow 18000.0 cfs
: Major Flood Flow    22000.0 cfs
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:Latest Observed Value - 1.7 KCFS at 1200 PM EDT on Sep 18
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.ER MCXI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/QTIFFZZ/DIH6
:FLOW FCST        /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   1.8 /   1.7 /   1.5
.E2    : 0919 :   /   1.3 /   1.3 /   1.3 /   1.5
.E3    : 0920 :   /   1.9 /   2.4 /   3.0 /   3.3
.E4    : 0921 :   /   3.3 /   3.0 /   2.7 /   2.4
.E5    : 0922 :   /   2.1 /   2.0 /   2.0 /   2.0
.E6    : 0923 :   /   2.0
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: Wildcat Creek - Lafayette, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         6.0 ft
: Flood Stage          10.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 15.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    19.5 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 3.2 FT at 1145 AM EDT on Sep 18
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.ER LYTI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.2
.E2    : 0919 :   /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.2
.E3    : 0920 :   /   3.2 /   3.2 /   3.5 /   3.8
.E4    : 0921 :   /   4.1 /   4.3 /   4.3 /   4.2
.E5    : 0922 :   /   4.1 /   4.0 /   3.9 /   3.8
.E6    : 0923 :   /   3.7
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.10/ 0.11/ 0.15/ 0.13/
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: Wabash River - West Lafayette, IN - IND
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: Action Stage         7.0 ft
: Flood Stage          11.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 18.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    26.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 9.6 FT at 1130 AM EDT on Sep 18
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:Rise above flood stage around 5PM EDT on Fri, Sep 18
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:Rise above flood stage around 2PM EDT on Mon, Sep 21
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:Crest near 11.3 FT around 8PM EDT on Mon, Sep 21
:Fall below flood stage around 2AM EDT on Sat, Sep 19
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:Fall below flood stage around 2AM EDT on Tue, Sep 22
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.ER LAFI3 20260918 Z DC202609181634/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0918 :           /  10.2 /  11.3 /  11.0
.E2    : 0919 :   /   9.8 /   8.6 /   7.5 /   6.7
.E3    : 0920 :   /   6.5 /   7.1 /   8.0 /   9.1
.E4    : 0921 :   /  10.2 /  11.0 /  11.3 /  11.0
.E5    : 0922 :   /  10.3 /   9.6 /   9.0 /   8.5
.E6    : 0923 :   /   8.0
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
: 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.24/ 0.07/ 0.19/ 0.29/
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