River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
990 FGUS51 KTIR 280056 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 8:56pm EDT Thursday, March 27, 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 : Mar 26 / 15.0 / 14.3 / 14.2 : Mar 27 / 14.5 / 15.6 / 15.7 / 13.7 : Mar 28 / 14.0 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 14.0 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER RACW2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 14.0 / 14.2 / 14.2 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 14.3 / 14.3 / 14.3 / 14.3 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 14.3 / 14.3 / 14.3 / 14.3 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 14.3 / 14.2 / 14.3 / 14.3 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 14.3 / 14.3 / 14.2 / 14.1 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 14.0 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 : Mar 26 / 0.01 / 0.16 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.16 : Mar 29 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 9.2 / 3.0 / 6.3 : Mar 26 / 7.3 / 4.3 / 0.3 / 4.9 : Mar 27 / 9.6 / 3.6 / 1.6 / 9.9 : Mar 28 / 16.1 / 9.5 / 8.6 / 14.7 : Mar 29 / 22.3 / 17.2 / 15.5 / 22.3 : Mar 30 / 22.7 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 25.3 / 25.0 / 24.8 : Mar 27 / 25.2 / 25.6 / 25.4 / 24.9 : Mar 28 / 25.1 : : Latest Observed River Stage 25.1 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER POPW2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 25.1 / 25.1 / 25.0 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 25.0 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 24.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.04 : Mar 26 / 0.01 / 0.12 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.13 : Mar 29 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 9.8 / 3.6 / 5.7 : Mar 26 / 7.1 / 4.4 / 0.0 / 5.2 : Mar 27 / 10.1 / 4.0 / 1.5 / 9.9 : Mar 28 / 16.4 / 10.0 / 8.9 / 15.4 : Mar 29 / 23.1 / 17.4 / 15.7 / 22.3 : Mar 30 / 22.9 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 16.9 / 16.5 / 15.5 : Mar 27 / 15.2 / 16.5 / 17.5 / 16.3 : Mar 28 / 14.3 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 14.3 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER GALW2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 14.5 / 15.2 / 15.7 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 15.8 / 15.8 / 15.8 / 15.8 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 15.8 / 15.8 / 15.7 / 15.6 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 15.5 / 15.5 / 15.4 / 15.3 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 15.2 / 15.2 / 15.1 / 15.0 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 14.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.06 : Mar 26 / 0.01 / 0.10 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.11 : Mar 29 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 10.3 / 4.2 / 5.8 : Mar 26 / 7.3 / 4.7 / 0.0 / 5.2 : Mar 27 / 10.5 / 4.3 / 1.6 / 10.1 : Mar 28 / 16.6 / 10.6 / 9.4 / 16.0 : Mar 29 / 23.7 / 17.9 / 16.2 / 22.4 : Mar 30 / 23.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 26.4 / 26.3 / 26.2 : Mar 27 / 26.0 / 26.1 / 26.7 / 26.8 : Mar 28 / 26.1 : : Latest Observed River Stage 26.1 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER HNTW2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 25.7 / 25.9 / 26.0 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 26.0 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 25.9 / 25.8 / 25.8 / 25.8 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 25.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.15 : Mar 26 / 0.01 / 0.06 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.10 : Mar 29 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 10.9 / 4.5 / 4.9 : Mar 26 / 6.7 / 4.7 / 0.5 / 5.5 : Mar 27 / 10.6 / 3.7 / 0.2 / 9.9 : Mar 28 / 16.8 / 10.8 / 9.6 / 16.9 : Mar 29 / 24.4 / 17.8 / 16.1 / 22.7 : Mar 30 / 23.4 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 34.5 / 34.6 / 34.4 : Mar 27 / 34.4 / 34.5 / 34.9 / 35.0 : Mar 28 / 34.7 : : Latest Observed River Stage 34.7 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER ASHK2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 34.4 / 34.5 / 34.6 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 34.5 / 34.5 / 34.5 / 34.5 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.4 / 34.4 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 34.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.14 : Mar 26 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.07 : Mar 29 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 10.9 / 5.2 / 4.8 : Mar 26 / 6.9 / 5.3 / 1.4 / 6.3 : Mar 27 / 10.9 / 4.2 / 0.2 / 9.8 : Mar 28 / 17.0 / 11.7 / 10.2 / 18.0 : Mar 29 / 24.9 / 18.4 / 16.6 / 22.7 : Mar 30 / 23.5 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 6.0 / 6.0 / 6.0 : Mar 27 / 5.6 / 5.2 / 5.0 / 5.0 : Mar 28 / 5.0 : : Latest Observed River Stage 5.0 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER GYNK2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 5.0 / 5.0 / 5.0 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.2 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.1 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 5.1 / 5.1 / 5.2 / 5.2 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 5.2 / 5.2 / 5.3 / 5.3 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 5.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.04 / 0.14 : Mar 26 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.02 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.01 / 0.01 / 0.03 : Mar 29 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 9.8 / 5.1 / 4.2 : Mar 26 / 6.6 / 5.3 / 1.7 / 6.1 : Mar 27 / 10.2 / 4.7 / 0.2 / 9.3 : Mar 28 / 15.9 / 11.8 / 10.3 / 18.2 : Mar 29 / 24.3 / 18.7 / 17.0 / 22.0 : Mar 30 / 22.8 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 19.5 / 19.2 / 18.8 : Mar 27 / 17.6 / 17.3 / 17.9 / 18.7 : Mar 28 / 17.8 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 17.9 ft at 745pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER GNUK2 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 17.1 / 16.5 / 17.1 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 17.6 / 17.9 / 17.6 / 17.6 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 17.5 / 17.4 / 17.4 / 17.4 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 17.4 / 17.3 / 17.1 / 16.9 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 16.8 / 16.6 / 16.4 / 16.3 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 16.1 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.03 / 0.17 : Mar 26 / 0.02 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.01 / 0.01 / 0.09 : Mar 29 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 10.9 / 5.4 / 4.6 : Mar 26 / 6.9 / 5.5 / 1.2 / 5.5 : Mar 27 / 10.7 / 4.6 / 0.3 / 9.5 : Mar 28 / 16.3 / 11.7 / 10.2 / 17.6 : Mar 29 / 24.6 / 18.7 / 16.9 / 22.4 : Mar 30 / 23.3 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Mar 26 / 19.6 / 19.5 / 19.1 : Mar 27 / 18.4 / 18.0 / 18.2 / 18.6 : Mar 28 / 18.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 18.5 ft at 800pm EDT on Thu, Mar 27 : .ER PORO1 20250328 Z DC202503280056/DUE/DQG/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : Mar 28 : / 18.1 / 17.5 / 17.8 .E2 : Mar 29 : / 18.0 / 18.0 / 17.8 / 17.8 .E3 : Mar 30 : / 17.9 / 17.8 / 17.9 / 17.9 .E4 : Mar 31 : / 17.9 / 17.8 / 17.7 / 17.7 .E5 : Apr 01 : / 17.6 / 17.5 / 17.4 / 17.3 .E6 : Apr 02 : / 17.2 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.12 : Mar 26 / 0.00 / 0.06 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 27 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 28 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 28 / 0.00 / 0.01 / 0.13 : Mar 29 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : Mar 30 / 0.00 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Mar 25 / 10.3 / 5.4 / 5.3 : Mar 26 / 7.6 / 5.1 / 0.2 / 4.9 : Mar 27 / 10.4 / 5.0 / 1.5 / 9.7 : Mar 28 / 15.9 / 11.5 / 10.0 / 16.6 : Mar 29 / 23.9 / 18.7 / 16.9 / 21.9 : Mar 30 / 22.9 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : Fliehman :...END of MESSAGE...