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Ohio River at Cannelton Lock and Dam Tailwater (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 14.83 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.82 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.79 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.76 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.76 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.75 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.72 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.72 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.71 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.74 ft at 9:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.71 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.71 ft at 10:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.71 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.67 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.67 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.67 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.66 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.66 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.7 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 12:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.68 ft at 1:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.68 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.53 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.51 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.49 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.48 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.46 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.45 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.44 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.43 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.41 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.41 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.48 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.38 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.4 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.39 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.37 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.36 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.35 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.33 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.27 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.36 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.29 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.26 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.2 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.19 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.15 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.13 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.13 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.13 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.12 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.11 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.08 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.04 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.04 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.08 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.04 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.07 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.14 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.07 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.16 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.11 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.11 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.05 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.03 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.03 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.99 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.96 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.92 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.95 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.91 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.84 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.84 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.88 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.81 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.78 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.8 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.76 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.74 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.74 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.72 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.79 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.72 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.71 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.71 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.7 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.67 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.68 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.69 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.7 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.62 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.55 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.51 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.44 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.43 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.41 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.4 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.4 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.44 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.4 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.39 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.38 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.37 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.36 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.35 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.35 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.39 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 4:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.38 ft at 5:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.29 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 5:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 11:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.29 ft at 11:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 1:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.33 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.33 ft at 1:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.33 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 2:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 2:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.34 ft at 3:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.39 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.35 ft at 3:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 4:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.33 ft at 4:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 5:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 5:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.29 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.29 ft at 6:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.36 ft at 6:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.24 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 7:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.29 ft at 7:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 8:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 8:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 9:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 9:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 10:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.31 ft at 10:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 11:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.25 ft at 11:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.26 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.24 ft at 12:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.25 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.29 ft at 12:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.26 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.25 ft at 2:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 2:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 2:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 3:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 3:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 3:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 4:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 4:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 4:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 5:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 5:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.27 ft at 5:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.32 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.25 ft at 6:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.28 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.24 ft at 6:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.23 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.24 ft at 7:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 7:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.19 ft at 8:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.19 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 8:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.17 ft at 9:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.17 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 9:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.21 ft at 11:15AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.17 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.17 ft at 11:45AM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 1:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.22 ft at 1:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.21 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 2:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 2:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.16 ft at 2:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 3:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 3:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.18 ft at 3:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.16 ft at 3:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.15 ft at 4:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 4:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.13 ft at 4:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.16 ft at 4:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.21 ft at 5:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.2 ft at 5:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.17 ft at 5:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.19 ft at 5:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.21 ft at 6:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.15 ft at 6:15PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.16 ft at 6:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.21 ft at 6:45PM May 23, 2013Observed: 13.21 ft at 7:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 13.2 ft 8:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 13.2 ft 2:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 13.2 ft 8:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 13.2 ft 2:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 13.3 ft 8:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 13.3 ft 2:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 13.3 ft 8:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 13.4 ft 2:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 13.5 ft 8:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 13.6 ft 2:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 13.8 ft 8:00AM May 26, 2013Highest Forecast: 14 ft 2:00PM May 26, 2013USACE - US Army Corps of EngineersCNNI3(plotting HTIRG) Graph Created (7:24PM May 23, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 2:00PM May 23)Latest observed value: 13.21 ft at 7:00 PM EDT 23-May-2013. Flood Stage is 42 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts for the Ohio River at Cannelton Lock and Dam are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:50
Moderate Flood Stage:46
Flood Stage:42
Action Stage:40

Historical Crests
(1) 60.80 ft on 01/27/1937
(2) 54.40 ft on 03/08/1945
(3) 53.90 ft on 03/08/1964
(4) 53.80 ft on 04/01/1913
(5) 52.42 ft on 03/08/1997
(6) 51.30 ft on 04/20/1948
(7) 49.30 ft on 04/28/2011
(8) 49.08 ft on 12/15/1978
(9) 48.90 ft on 03/24/1943
(10) 48.80 ft on 03/06/1962
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Low Water Records
(1) 9.00 ft on 09/16/1985
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Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.
Flood Impacts & Photos Collapse
63 Water reaches top of the levee at Hawesville KY. Large sections of highways 66 and 60 are closed.
51 Locks are closed. Large sections large of highway 66 flood. Highway 60 floods between Cloverport and Hawesville.
42 Agricultural flooding begins near Cloverport and Cannelton. Highway 66 floods near Derby and Dexter. Rocky Point Girl Scout camp is affected.
39 Highway 66 floods near Derby - Dexter area.
Photos
(1) Looking Upstream
(2) Looking Downstream
(3) Upper Gage
(4) Lower Gage
(5) Staff Gage in Upper Chamber
(6) View from Bluff on Kentucky Shore
(7) Across at Kentucky Shore from Pool
(8) Across at Kentucky Shore from Tailwater
(9) Tainter Gates from Pool
(10) Tainter Gates from Tailwater
(11) Closeup of Tainter Gate
(12) Barge in Lower Lock Chamber
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Latitude: 37.899444° N, Longitude: 86.705556° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD27

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 42 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 347.33 389.33 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 348 ft 390 ft Ohio River Datum 1913

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