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River Forecast
NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH
954 PM EST Mon Feb 16 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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: Ohio River - Markland Dam, KY - ILN
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: Action Stage         49.0 ft
: Flood Stage          51.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 62.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    74.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 25.6 FT at 900 PM EST on Feb 16
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.ER MKLK2 20260217 Z DC202602170254/DH06/HTIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0216 :                           /  25.3
.E2    : 0217 :   /  24.7 /  24.5 /  24.2 /  24.2
.E3    : 0218 :   /  24.4 /  24.8 /  25.0 /  25.3
.E4    : 0219 :   /  25.3 /  25.3 /  25.2 /  25.0
.E5    : 0220 :   /  24.7 /  24.4 /  24.1 /  23.8
.E6    : 0221 :   /  23.6 /  23.6 /  23.7
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.01/ 0.00/
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: Ohio River - McAlpine Upper, KY - LMK
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: Action Stage         21.0 ft
: Flood Stage          23.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 30.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    38.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 12.9 FT at 900 PM EST on Feb 16
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.ER MLUK2 20260217 Z DC202602170254/DH06/HPIFFZZ/DIH6
:POOL FCST        /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0216 :                           /  12.9
.E2    : 0217 :   /  13.0 /  13.0 /  13.0 /  13.0
.E3    : 0218 :   /  13.0 /  13.0 /  13.1 /  13.1
.E4    : 0219 :   /  13.1 /  13.1 /  13.1 /  13.1
.E5    : 0220 :   /  13.2 /  13.2 /  13.2 /  13.2
.E6    : 0221 :   /  13.2 /  13.1 /  13.1
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Ohio River - McAlpine Lower, KY - LMK
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: Action Stage         53.0 ft
: Flood Stage          55.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 65.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    73.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 25.5 FT at 900 PM EST on Feb 16
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.ER MLPK2 20260217 Z DC202602170254/DH06/HTIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0216 :                           /  25.8
.E2    : 0217 :   /  26.0 /  25.5 /  25.4 /  25.3
.E3    : 0218 :   /  25.5 /  25.8 /  26.2 /  26.5
.E4    : 0219 :   /  26.7 /  26.9 /  26.9 /  26.8
.E5    : 0220 :   /  26.5 /  26.0 /  25.6 /  25.1
.E6    : 0221 :   /  24.6 /  24.4 /  24.3
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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: Ohio River - Cannelton Dam, IN - LMK
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: Action Stage         40.0 ft
: Flood Stage          42.0 ft
: Moderate Flood Stage 46.0 ft
: Major Flood Stage    50.0 ft
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:Latest Observed Value - 20.2 FT at 900 PM EST on Feb 16
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.ER CNNI3 20260217 Z DC202602170254/DH06/HTIFFZZ/DIH6
:STAGE FCST       /   12Z /   18Z /   00Z /   06Z
.E1    : 0216 :                           /  20.4
.E2    : 0217 :   /  20.7 /  20.4 /  20.0 /  19.8
.E3    : 0218 :   /  19.9 /  19.9 /  19.9 /  20.1
.E4    : 0219 :   /  20.4 /  20.8 /  21.2 /  21.3
.E5    : 0220 :   /  21.3 /  21.2 /  21.0 /  20.7
.E6    : 0221 :   /  20.2 /  19.9 /  19.7
: Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep
:   0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/
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