Flood Warning Issued for Ohio River

Monday, February 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM

By Travis Thayer @eagle993

The warning is in effect until Friday morning.

(Wilmington, Oh.) - A Flood Warning is in effect for the Ohio River at Cincinnati.

According to the National Weather Service, the warning is in effect from late tonight to Friday morning. As of 11:00 a.m. Monday, the Ohio River is at 50.5 feet.

The river is expected to rise above flood stage early Tuesday morning to a crest of 54.3 feet Wednesday evening. The NWS expects the river to fall below flood stage (52 feet) early Friday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 54.0 feet, Backwater flooding up the lower Little Miami River as far upstream as Newtown occurs, with flooding worsening in California and in Anderson Township. Low-lying areas near New Richmond in Clermont County also flood. Flooding also worsens in the East End. Flooding near Petersburg, Kentucky along Belleview Road near the Woolper Creek Bridge occurs, as well as near State Route 56 and Water Street near Aurora, Indiana. Sawyer Point Ampitheater area is flooded, along with Riverside Drive in Covington.

Motorists are reminded to turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/iln.