River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
784 FGUS51 KTIR 281528 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 10:28am EST Friday, February 28, 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 : Racine Lock & Dam - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 526.0 ft (NGVD 1929) : Mason County, WV : Record Tailwater Stage 50.2 ft : Major Tailwater Stage 48.0 ft : Moderate Tailwater Stage 44.0 ft : Flood Tailwater Stage 41.0 ft : Action Tailwater Stage 38.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 15.7 : Feb 27 / 17.2 / 16.7 / 16.0 / 15.5 : Feb 28 / 15.8 / 17.3 / 18.5 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 18.5 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER RACW2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 19.0 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 19.7 / 20.2 / 20.3 / 20.2 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 20.1 / 19.9 / 19.6 / 19.3 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 18.9 / 18.6 / 18.1 / 17.6 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 17.1 / 16.8 / 16.5 / 16.2 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 15.9 / 15.6 / 15.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.01 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.10 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.12 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 9.7 : Feb 26 / 16.6 / 6.7 / -0.6 / 7.6 : Feb 27 / 17.8 / 14.7 / 13.3 / 10.8 : Feb 28 / 10.3 / 4.8 / 1.2 / 6.1 : Mar 01 / 12.3 / 10.0 / 6.0 / 2.3 : Mar 02 / 1.4 / -4.4 / -6.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : Point Pleasant - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 514.1 ft (SANDY HOOK DATUM) : Mason County, WV : Record River Stage 62.8 ft : Major River Stage 48.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 44.0 ft : Flood River Stage 40.0 ft : Action River Stage 38.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 25.7 : Feb 27 / 25.8 / 25.8 / 25.4 / 25.2 : Feb 28 / 25.3 / 25.6 / 25.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 26.1 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER POPW2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 26.2 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 26.3 / 26.3 / 26.4 / 26.4 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 26.5 / 26.4 / 26.2 / 26.0 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 25.8 / 25.7 / 25.6 / 25.6 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 25.5 / 25.4 / 25.4 / 25.3 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 25.3 / 25.2 / 25.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.01 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.08 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.17 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 9.6 : Feb 26 / 17.0 / 6.8 / -0.2 / 7.5 : Feb 27 / 18.3 / 14.8 / 13.4 / 10.7 : Feb 28 / 10.6 / 4.9 / 1.3 / 6.4 : Mar 01 / 12.9 / 10.3 / 6.1 / 2.5 : Mar 02 / 1.8 / -4.0 / -6.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : R C Byrd Dam - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 503.0 ft (Vertical Datum Unknown) : Mason County, WV : Record Tailwater Stage 69.6 ft : Major Tailwater Stage 56.0 ft : Moderate Tailwater Stage 52.0 ft : Flood Tailwater Stage 50.0 ft : Action Tailwater Stage 48.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 20.7 : Feb 27 / 20.9 / 21.5 / 21.6 / 20.5 : Feb 28 / 19.9 / 20.4 / 22.3 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 22.4 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER GALW2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 23.2 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 23.9 / 24.7 / 25.1 / 25.4 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 25.5 / 25.4 / 25.1 / 24.8 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 24.3 / 23.8 / 23.4 / 22.9 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 22.4 / 22.0 / 21.5 / 21.0 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 20.5 / 19.9 / 19.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.01 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.04 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.24 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 10.3 : Feb 26 / 17.4 / 7.0 / 0.2 / 7.8 : Feb 27 / 18.9 / 16.0 / 13.8 / 10.8 : Feb 28 / 11.0 / 5.4 / 1.6 / 6.8 : Mar 01 / 13.3 / 10.8 / 6.2 / 2.5 : Mar 02 / 1.9 / -3.8 / -6.4 :____________________________________________________________________ : Huntington - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 490.263 ft (NGVD 1929 ADJ) : Cabell County, WV : Record River Stage 69.4 ft : Major River Stage 59.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 55.0 ft : Flood River Stage 50.0 ft : Action River Stage 48.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 27.7 : Feb 27 / 28.1 / 28.0 / 28.4 / 28.1 : Feb 28 / 27.7 / 27.6 / 28.1 : : Latest Observed River Stage 28.4 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER HNTW2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 29.1 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 29.5 / 30.1 / 30.4 / 30.6 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 30.8 / 30.8 / 30.6 / 30.4 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 30.1 / 29.6 / 29.1 / 28.7 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 28.2 / 27.9 / 27.7 / 27.5 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 27.2 / 27.0 / 26.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.00 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.08 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.21 / 0.02 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 10.7 : Feb 26 / 18.2 / 7.3 / 0.6 / 8.5 : Feb 27 / 19.6 / 14.5 / 14.3 / 11.5 : Feb 28 / 11.6 / 4.9 / 1.7 / 7.0 : Mar 01 / 13.7 / 10.9 / 7.1 / 3.5 : Mar 02 / 2.7 / -3.4 / -6.0 :____________________________________________________________________ : Ashland River Gage - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 481.5 ft (USGS) : Boyd County, KY : Record River Stage 74.2 ft : Major River Stage 65.5 ft : Moderate River Stage 56.6 ft : Flood River Stage 52.0 ft : Action River Stage 50.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 35.2 : Feb 27 / 35.5 / 35.3 / 35.8 / 35.3 : Feb 28 / 35.1 / 35.1 / 35.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 35.8 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER ASHK2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 35.8 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 36.1 / 36.3 / 36.3 / 36.3 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 36.4 / 36.3 / 36.3 / 36.1 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 36.0 / 35.9 / 35.7 / 35.6 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 35.4 / 35.3 / 35.2 / 35.1 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 35.0 / 34.9 / 34.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.00 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.09 / 0.02 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 11.6 : Feb 26 / 18.4 / 8.6 / 1.7 / 8.9 : Feb 27 / 19.9 / 15.2 / 14.3 / 11.5 : Feb 28 / 11.9 / 5.7 / 2.4 / 7.5 : Mar 01 / 14.2 / 11.4 / 7.6 / 4.3 : Mar 02 / 3.5 / -2.7 / -5.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : Grayson - Little Sandy River - RLX : Zero Datum 557.95 ft (USGS) : Carter County, KY : Record River Stage 30.6 ft : Major River Stage 28.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 25.0 ft : Flood River Stage 21.0 ft : Action River Stage 19.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 13.0 : Feb 27 / 11.3 / 9.5 / 7.9 / 6.4 : Feb 28 / 5.9 / 5.8 / 5.8 : : Latest Observed River Stage 5.7 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER GYNK2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 5.7 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 5.7 / 5.8 / 6.0 / 6.1 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 6.0 / 6.0 / 6.0 / 6.0 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 6.0 / 5.8 / 5.7 / 5.7 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 5.8 / 5.7 / 5.7 / 5.7 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 5.6 / 5.7 / 5.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.00 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.07 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 11.4 : Feb 26 / 17.7 / 9.8 / 2.5 / 8.9 : Feb 27 / 19.7 / 16.6 / 13.2 / 10.1 : Feb 28 / 11.3 / 6.2 / 2.5 / 7.3 : Mar 01 / 13.9 / 11.5 / 7.4 / 3.9 : Mar 02 / 3.1 / -2.7 / -5.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : Lloyd Greenup Dam - Ohio River - RLX : Zero Datum 473.0 ft (USGS) : Greenup County, KY : Record Tailwater Stage 74.7 ft : Major Tailwater Stage 62.0 ft : Moderate Tailwater Stage 56.0 ft : Flood Tailwater Stage 54.0 ft : Action Tailwater Stage 52.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 24.6 : Feb 27 / 25.2 / 25.0 / 25.2 / 25.4 : Feb 28 / 24.7 / 24.2 / 24.3 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 24.4 ft at 945am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER GNUK2 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 24.5 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 26.3 / 27.9 / 28.7 / 29.1 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 29.4 / 29.7 / 29.7 / 29.3 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 28.9 / 28.3 / 27.8 / 27.2 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 26.5 / 25.5 / 24.8 / 24.0 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 23.4 / 22.8 / 22.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.00 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.07 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.13 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 11.6 : Feb 26 / 18.1 / 8.9 / 1.6 / 8.6 : Feb 27 / 19.9 / 16.5 / 13.6 / 10.7 : Feb 28 / 11.5 / 5.9 / 2.3 / 7.5 : Mar 01 / 14.3 / 11.5 / 7.1 / 3.6 : Mar 02 / 3.1 / -2.7 / -5.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : Portsmouth - Ohio River - ILN : Zero Datum 470.9 ft (OHIO RIVER DATUM) : Scioto County, OH : Record River Stage 74.2 ft : Major River Stage 66.0 ft : Moderate River Stage 57.0 ft : Flood River Stage 50.0 ft : Action River Stage 35.0 ft : : Time series data are in 6-hour increments. : : Obsv Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 26 / 23.8 : Feb 27 / 23.8 / 24.1 / 23.9 / 24.3 : Feb 28 / 24.1 / 23.6 / 23.6 : : Latest Observed River Stage 23.7 ft at 1000am EST on Fri, Feb 28 : .ER PORO1 20250228 Z DC202502281528/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Feb 28 : / 24.3 .E2 : Mar 01 : / 25.1 / 26.6 / 27.4 / 27.8 .E3 : Mar 02 : / 28.1 / 28.4 / 28.4 / 28.2 .E4 : Mar 03 : / 27.7 / 27.2 / 26.4 / 25.6 .E5 : Mar 04 : / 25.0 / 24.4 / 24.0 / 23.5 .E6 : Mar 05 : / 23.0 / 22.5 / 21.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 0.00 : Feb 26 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Feb 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.08 / 0.00 : Feb 28 / 0.18 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 28 / 0.00 : Mar 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Feb 25 / 10.6 : Feb 26 / 17.5 / 8.5 / 1.3 / 8.0 : Feb 27 / 19.4 / 17.2 / 12.8 / 10.1 : Feb 28 / 10.7 / 6.1 / 1.8 / 7.0 : Mar 01 / 13.9 / 11.4 / 6.0 / 2.1 : Mar 02 / 2.0 / -3.3 / -6.0 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : :...END of MESSAGE...