Expires:No;;833594 FGUS51 KTIR 021444 RVFOHH River Forecast NWS Ohio River Forecast Center, Wilmington, OH 10:44am EDT Friday, May 2, 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 : Apr 30 / 17.1 : May 01 / 16.3 / 16.2 / 16.7 / 17.3 : May 02 / 17.2 / 17.1 / 17.1 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 16.9 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER RACW2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 16.3 .E2 : May 03 : / 16.4 / 16.7 / 17.1 / 17.7 .E3 : May 04 : / 18.7 / 20.2 / 21.6 / 23.1 .E4 : May 05 : / 24.4 / 25.5 / 26.2 / 26.8 .E5 : May 06 : / 27.1 / 27.0 / 26.5 / 25.9 .E6 : May 07 : / 25.0 / 24.0 / 22.9 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.02 / 0.38 / 0.11 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 : May 02 / 0.15 / 0.23 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.06 / 0.15 / 0.01 / 0.14 : May 04 / 0.28 / 0.19 / 0.14 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 23.9 : Apr 30 / 27.7 / 19.5 / 17.3 / 19.3 : May 01 / 24.8 / 17.9 / 14.9 / 23.2 : May 02 / 25.7 / 16.3 / 15.5 / 21.7 : May 03 / 24.3 / 17.4 / 15.6 / 19.0 : May 04 / 19.1 / 15.1 / 13.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 25.5 : May 01 / 25.1 / 24.8 / 25.4 / 25.8 : May 02 / 25.7 / 25.7 / 25.6 : : Latest Observed River Stage 25.4 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER POPW2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 25.3 .E2 : May 03 : / 25.3 / 25.2 / 25.2 / 25.3 .E3 : May 04 : / 25.4 / 25.6 / 25.9 / 26.6 .E4 : May 05 : / 27.2 / 27.7 / 28.1 / 28.5 .E5 : May 06 : / 28.7 / 28.8 / 28.7 / 28.6 .E6 : May 07 : / 28.3 / 27.9 / 27.5 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.01 / 0.32 / 0.05 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.04 : May 02 / 0.22 / 0.13 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.05 / 0.14 / 0.01 / 0.16 : May 04 / 0.33 / 0.21 / 0.12 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 23.8 : Apr 30 / 27.4 / 19.3 / 17.2 / 19.6 : May 01 / 25.0 / 18.4 / 15.5 / 22.6 : May 02 / 25.3 / 16.2 / 15.5 / 21.8 : May 03 / 24.3 / 17.3 / 15.5 / 18.7 : May 04 / 18.9 / 14.9 / 13.3 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 20.7 : May 01 / 19.9 / 19.2 / 18.7 / 18.8 : May 02 / 19.6 / 19.8 / 19.7 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 19.8 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER GALW2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 19.7 .E2 : May 03 : / 19.6 / 19.9 / 20.3 / 21.0 .E3 : May 04 : / 22.2 / 23.8 / 25.2 / 26.8 .E4 : May 05 : / 28.2 / 29.3 / 30.3 / 31.1 .E5 : May 06 : / 31.5 / 31.7 / 31.7 / 31.4 .E6 : May 07 : / 30.8 / 30.0 / 29.0 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.00 / 0.41 / 0.07 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.02 : May 02 / 0.36 / 0.11 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.06 / 0.16 / 0.01 / 0.21 : May 04 / 0.42 / 0.22 / 0.10 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 24.1 : Apr 30 / 27.2 / 19.4 / 17.4 / 19.8 : May 01 / 25.1 / 18.8 / 16.2 / 22.9 : May 02 / 25.1 / 16.6 / 16.0 / 21.9 : May 03 / 24.3 / 17.5 / 15.7 / 18.5 : May 04 / 18.8 / 15.0 / 13.3 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 27.4 : May 01 / 27.4 / 27.2 / 26.9 / 26.7 : May 02 / 27.0 / 27.2 / 27.2 : : Latest Observed River Stage 27.2 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER HNTW2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 27.1 .E2 : May 03 : / 27.0 / 26.9 / 27.0 / 27.1 .E3 : May 04 : / 27.4 / 27.9 / 29.1 / 30.3 .E4 : May 05 : / 31.3 / 32.2 / 33.2 / 34.1 .E5 : May 06 : / 34.5 / 34.7 / 34.8 / 34.7 .E6 : May 07 : / 34.5 / 34.1 / 33.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.02 / 0.24 / 0.03 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.06 : May 02 / 0.22 / 0.13 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.05 / 0.14 / 0.00 / 0.16 : May 04 / 0.27 / 0.17 / 0.09 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 24.1 : Apr 30 / 27.9 / 19.3 / 17.3 / 21.0 : May 01 / 25.9 / 19.2 / 16.4 / 22.5 : May 02 / 25.1 / 16.6 / 15.7 / 22.2 : May 03 / 24.8 / 17.6 / 15.6 / 19.0 : May 04 / 19.2 / 15.1 / 13.4 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 35.1 : May 01 / 35.2 / 35.0 / 34.7 / 34.6 : May 02 / 34.7 / 35.0 / 34.9 : : Latest Observed River Stage 34.9 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER ASHK2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 34.8 .E2 : May 03 : / 34.7 / 34.7 / 34.7 / 34.8 .E3 : May 04 : / 34.8 / 35.0 / 35.4 / 35.8 .E4 : May 05 : / 36.3 / 36.8 / 37.2 / 37.6 .E5 : May 06 : / 37.8 / 37.9 / 38.0 / 38.0 .E6 : May 07 : / 37.9 / 37.7 / 37.4 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.03 / 0.30 / 0.13 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.03 : May 02 / 0.42 / 0.18 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.09 / 0.13 / 0.00 / 0.17 : May 04 / 0.34 / 0.18 / 0.07 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 24.1 : Apr 30 / 27.8 / 19.4 / 17.4 / 21.3 : May 01 / 26.0 / 19.4 / 16.7 / 22.2 : May 02 / 24.4 / 16.8 / 15.9 / 22.4 : May 03 / 25.0 / 18.2 / 16.0 / 18.9 : May 04 / 19.1 / 15.4 / 13.6 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 5.9 : May 01 / 6.1 / 6.4 / 6.4 / 6.3 : May 02 / 6.4 / 6.4 / 6.5 : : Latest Observed River Stage 6.5 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER GYNK2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 6.6 .E2 : May 03 : / 6.7 / 6.8 / 7.0 / 7.6 .E3 : May 04 : / 8.6 / 10.3 / 11.2 / 11.1 .E4 : May 05 : / 10.6 / 10.0 / 9.4 / 8.6 .E5 : May 06 : / 8.2 / 7.8 / 7.5 / 7.2 .E6 : May 07 : / 7.0 / 6.8 / 6.6 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.06 / 0.17 / 0.12 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.02 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 : May 02 / 0.41 / 0.05 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.10 / 0.18 / 0.00 / 0.22 : May 04 / 0.43 / 0.17 / 0.05 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 23.4 : Apr 30 / 26.9 / 18.6 / 17.2 / 20.5 : May 01 / 24.8 / 19.2 / 17.1 / 21.6 : May 02 / 23.3 / 16.3 / 15.6 / 21.8 : May 03 / 24.2 / 18.1 / 15.9 / 17.9 : May 04 / 18.0 / 15.1 / 13.1 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 22.9 : May 01 / 22.8 / 22.5 / 21.7 / 21.3 : May 02 / 21.4 / 21.6 / 22.4 : : Latest Observed Tailwater Stage 22.5 ft at 945am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER GNUK2 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HTIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 22.6 .E2 : May 03 : / 22.4 / 22.4 / 22.5 / 22.7 .E3 : May 04 : / 23.1 / 23.8 / 24.9 / 26.7 .E4 : May 05 : / 28.4 / 29.7 / 31.1 / 32.4 .E5 : May 06 : / 33.6 / 34.6 / 35.3 / 35.6 .E6 : May 07 : / 35.7 / 35.4 / 34.8 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.10 / 0.19 / 0.05 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.01 : May 02 / 0.53 / 0.10 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.08 / 0.23 / 0.00 / 0.24 : May 04 / 0.48 / 0.18 / 0.06 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 23.9 : Apr 30 / 26.8 / 18.8 / 17.3 / 20.4 : May 01 / 25.4 / 19.5 / 17.2 / 22.2 : May 02 / 24.0 / 16.5 / 16.0 / 22.1 : May 03 / 24.4 / 18.1 / 15.9 / 18.2 : May 04 / 18.5 / 15.3 / 13.3 :____________________________________________________________________ : 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 : Apr 30 / 22.3 : May 01 / 22.2 / 22.0 / 21.5 / 21.2 : May 02 / 20.9 / 21.1 / 21.6 : : Latest Observed River Stage 21.7 ft at 1000am EDT on Fri, May 2 : .ER PORO1 20250502 Z DC202505021444/DUE/DQG/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 : : Fcst Valid / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z .E1 : May 02 : / 21.8 .E2 : May 03 : / 22.1 / 22.1 / 21.8 / 22.1 .E3 : May 04 : / 22.7 / 23.3 / 24.3 / 25.7 .E4 : May 05 : / 27.4 / 28.7 / 30.0 / 31.1 .E5 : May 06 : / 32.1 / 32.9 / 33.4 / 33.6 .E6 : May 07 : / 33.4 / 33.0 / 32.3 : : Local observed 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (72 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 0.00 : Apr 30 / 0.06 / 0.31 / 0.01 / 0.00 : May 01 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.02 / 0.00 : May 02 / 0.47 / 0.08 / 0.00 : : Local forecast 6-hr basin-averaged precip [MAPX] (48 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : May 02 / 0.00 : May 03 / 0.10 / 0.20 / 0.00 / 0.26 : May 04 / 0.46 / 0.23 / 0.07 : : Local 6-hr basin-averaged temperatures (C) [MAT] (120 hours): : Valid Times / 00Z / 06Z / 12Z / 18Z : Apr 29 / 23.7 : Apr 30 / 25.3 / 18.5 / 16.8 / 19.0 : May 01 / 24.7 / 19.2 / 17.1 / 22.2 : May 02 / 23.8 / 16.2 / 15.9 / 21.8 : May 03 / 23.8 / 18.0 / 15.9 / 17.7 : May 04 / 18.0 / 14.9 / 13.1 :____________________________________________________________________ $$ : :...END of MESSAGE...