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242 FGUS51 KTIR 161458 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington OH 1058 AM EDT Fri May 16 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 : : : : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Racine Lock & Dam, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 38.0 ft : Flood Stage 41.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 44.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 48.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 21.2 FT AT 1000 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER RACW2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 20.1 / 19.1 / 18.2 .E2 : 0517 : / 17.7 / 17.7 / 17.9 / 18.1 .E3 : 0518 : / 18.1 / 18.0 / 17.9 / 17.7 .E4 : 0519 : / 17.5 / 17.2 / 17.0 / 16.7 .E5 : 0520 : / 16.5 / 16.2 / 16.0 / 15.8 .E6 : 0521 : / 15.4 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.07/ 0.04/ 0.34/ 0.08/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Point Pleasant, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 38.0 ft : Flood Stage 40.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 44.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 48.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 26.7 FT AT 1000 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER POPW2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 26.5 / 26.2 / 26.0 .E2 : 0517 : / 25.9 / 25.9 / 25.9 / 26.0 .E3 : 0518 : / 26.0 / 26.1 / 26.0 / 26.0 .E4 : 0519 : / 26.0 / 25.9 / 25.8 / 25.8 .E5 : 0520 : / 25.7 / 25.7 / 25.6 / 25.5 .E6 : 0521 : / 25.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.10/ 0.07/ 0.38/ 0.07/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - R C Byrd Dam, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 48.0 ft : Flood Stage 50.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 52.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 56.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 23.5 FT AT 0500 AM EDT ON May 15 : .ER GALW2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 28.1 / 26.7 / 25.3 .E2 : 0517 : / 24.3 / 24.2 / 24.5 / 25.0 .E3 : 0518 : / 25.3 / 25.4 / 25.4 / 25.2 .E4 : 0519 : / 24.9 / 24.5 / 24.0 / 23.5 .E5 : 0520 : / 23.0 / 22.5 / 22.0 / 21.5 .E6 : 0521 : / 21.3 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.11/ 0.06/ 0.46/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Huntington, WV - RLX : : Action Stage 48.0 ft : Flood Stage 50.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 55.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 59.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 31.3 FT AT 1000 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER HNTW2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 31.4 / 31.3 / 30.9 .E2 : 0517 : / 30.1 / 29.2 / 29.0 / 29.1 .E3 : 0518 : / 29.6 / 29.9 / 30.0 / 30.0 .E4 : 0519 : / 29.8 / 29.5 / 29.1 / 28.7 .E5 : 0520 : / 28.3 / 28.0 / 27.8 / 27.6 .E6 : 0521 : / 27.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.14/ 0.06/ 0.44/ 0.09/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Ashland River Gage, KY - RLX : : Action Stage 50.0 ft : Flood Stage 52.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 56.6 ft : Major Flood Stage 65.5 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 37.0 FT AT 1000 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER ASHK2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 37.0 / 36.9 / 36.5 .E2 : 0517 : / 36.0 / 35.8 / 35.7 / 35.8 .E3 : 0518 : / 35.9 / 36.0 / 36.1 / 36.1 .E4 : 0519 : / 36.0 / 35.9 / 35.8 / 35.7 .E5 : 0520 : / 35.5 / 35.4 / 35.2 / 35.1 .E6 : 0521 : / 35.0 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.20/ 0.06/ 0.54/ 0.09/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Little Sandy River - Grayson, KY - RLX : : Action Stage 19.0 ft : Flood Stage 21.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 25.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 28.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 5.4 FT AT 1000 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER GYNK2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 5.3 / 5.3 / 5.8 .E2 : 0517 : / 7.0 / 8.2 / 8.5 / 8.3 .E3 : 0518 : / 7.9 / 7.2 / 6.6 / 6.3 .E4 : 0519 : / 6.1 / 5.9 / 5.8 / 5.7 .E5 : 0520 : / 5.6 / 5.4 / 5.2 / 5.2 .E6 : 0521 : / 5.2 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.23/ 0.07/ 0.57/ 0.07/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Lloyd Greenup Dam, KY - RLX : : Action Stage 52.0 ft : Flood Stage 54.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 56.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 62.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 31.3 FT AT 0945 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER GNUK2 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HTIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 31.4 / 31.2 / 30.0 .E2 : 0517 : / 28.5 / 27.3 / 27.1 / 27.5 .E3 : 0518 : / 28.1 / 28.5 / 28.7 / 28.7 .E4 : 0519 : / 28.5 / 28.2 / 27.7 / 27.1 .E5 : 0520 : / 26.4 / 25.7 / 25.1 / 24.5 .E6 : 0521 : / 23.8 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.18/ 0.06/ 0.49/ 0.05/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : :************************************************************ : Ohio River - Portsmouth, OH - ILN : : Action Stage 35.0 ft : Flood Stage 50.0 ft : Moderate Flood Stage 57.0 ft : Major Flood Stage 66.0 ft : :Latest Observed Value - 29.7 FT AT 1000 AM EDT ON May 16 : .ER PORO1 20250516 Z DC202505161458/DH18/HGIFFZZ/DIH6 :STAGE FCST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0516 : / 29.7 / 29.5 / 28.7 .E2 : 0517 : / 27.4 / 26.4 / 26.3 / 26.6 .E3 : 0518 : / 27.1 / 27.4 / 27.5 / 27.4 .E4 : 0519 : / 27.1 / 26.7 / 26.2 / 25.6 .E5 : 0520 : / 25.0 / 24.4 / 23.8 / 23.2 .E6 : 0521 : / 22.5 : Local Basin QPF - 6 hr timestep : 0.16/ 0.06/ 0.46/ 0.03/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00/ : : :******************************************************************* : : $$ : : :...END of MESSAGE...