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Ohio River at J.T. Myers Lock and Dam Tailwater (ft)Highest Observation: 27.31 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2019Highest Observation: 27.31 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2019Highest Observation: 27.31 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.3 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.3 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.3 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.3 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.29 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.29 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.29 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.29 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.28 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.2 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.16 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.16 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 9:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.12 ft at 10:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 12:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 1:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.09 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.11 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.12 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.16 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.16 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.16 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.2 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.24 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 4:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 5:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 5:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 6:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 6:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 7:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 7:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 8:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.27 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 8:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 9:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 9:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.26 ft at 10:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 10:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.25 ft at 11:15AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.24 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 11:45AM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 12:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.23 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 12:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 1:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 1:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.22 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 2:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.21 ft at 2:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.2 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 3:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 3:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.19 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 4:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.18 ft at 4:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.17 ft at 5:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.16 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.15 ft at 5:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.14 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.13 ft at 6:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.1 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.08 ft at 6:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.06 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.03 ft at 7:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 27.02 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.99 ft at 7:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.98 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.97 ft at 8:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.95 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.94 ft at 8:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.93 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.92 ft at 9:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.91 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.9 ft at 9:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.89 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.89 ft at 10:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.87 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.86 ft at 10:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.86 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.85 ft at 11:15PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.85 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.84 ft at 11:45PM May 22, 2019Observed: 26.83 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.82 ft at 12:15AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.8 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.78 ft at 12:45AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.77 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.75 ft at 1:15AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.74 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.73 ft at 1:45AM May 23, 2019Observed: 26.71 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2019Highest Forecast: 25.3 ft 7:00AM May 23, 2019Forecast: 24.8 ft 1:00PM May 23, 2019Forecast: 24.3 ft 7:00PM May 23, 2019Forecast: 24 ft 1:00AM May 24, 2019Forecast: 23.6 ft 7:00AM May 24, 2019Forecast: 23.3 ft 1:00PM May 24, 2019Forecast: 22.9 ft 7:00PM May 24, 2019Forecast: 22.5 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2019Forecast: 22.2 ft 7:00AM May 25, 2019Forecast: 21.8 ft 1:00PM May 25, 2019Forecast: 21.5 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2019Forecast: 21.3 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2019Forecast: 21.1 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2019Forecast: 20.9 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2019Forecast: 20.8 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2019Forecast: 20.7 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2019Forecast: 20.5 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2019Forecast: 20.5 ft 1:00PM May 27, 2019Forecast: 20.4 ft 7:00PM May 27, 2019Forecast: 20.3 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2019Forecast: 20.1 ft 7:00AM May 28, 2019Forecast: 20 ft 1:00PM May 28, 2019Forecast: 19.9 ft 7:00PM May 28, 2019Forecast: 19.8 ft 1:00AM May 29, 2019Forecast: 19.6 ft 7:00AM May 29, 2019Forecast: 19.4 ft 1:00PM May 29, 2019Forecast: 19.3 ft 7:00PM May 29, 2019Forecast: 19.1 ft 1:00AM May 30, 2019Forecast: 18.9 ft 7:00AM May 30, 2019Forecast: 18.7 ft 1:00PM May 30, 2019Forecast: 18.5 ft 7:00PM May 30, 2019Forecast: 18.3 ft 1:00AM May 31, 2019Forecast: 18 ft 7:00AM May 31, 2019Forecast: 17.7 ft 1:00PM May 31, 2019Forecast: 17.5 ft 7:00PM May 31, 2019Forecast: 17.2 ft 1:00AM Jun 01, 2019Forecast: 17 ft 7:00AM Jun 01, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesUNWK2(plotting HTIRG) Graph Created (3:32AM May 23, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 9:31AM May 22)Latest observed value: 26.71 ft at 2:00 AM CDT 23-May-2019. Flood Stage is 37 ft
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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 J.T. Myers Lock and Dam are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 60
Moderate Flood Stage: 49
Flood Stage: 37
Action Stage: 33
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 64.40 ft on 02/01/1937
(2) 57.80 ft on 04/05/1913
(3) 56.94 ft on 05/06/2011
(4) 54.60 ft on 03/14/1945
(5) 54.00 ft on 01/19/1950
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 38.72 ft on 03/17/2019
(2) 41.17 ft on 02/01/2019
(3) 39.78 ft on 01/08/2019
(4) 38.78 ft on 12/29/2018
(5) 46.50 ft on 04/11/2018
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 11.69 ft on 08/07/2005
(2) 12.11 ft on 08/28/2006
(3) 12.20 ft on 06/10/2012
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66 The top of the levee is reached at Uniontown.
64.4 This flood will exceed the highest stage on record. Large amounts of property damage can be expected. Evacuation of many homes and businesses becomes necessary.
49 The top of the protection is reached at J.T. Myers Lock and Dam.
37 Minor flooding occurs affecting mainly bottomland and surrounding low lying areas.
33 The road to several farms above Uniontown floods.
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(1) J.T. Myers Lock and Dam
(2) Ohio River Upstream
(3) Ohio River Downstream
(4) South Side of Wabash Island
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Latitude: 37.791667° N, Longitude: 87.986111° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 37 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 311.97 ft 348.97 ft  

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