Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1124 AM CDT Wed May 6 2026
River forecasts routinely incorporate 24 hours of QPF from
April 1 to September 30 and 48 hours from October 1 to March 31.
See http://www.weather.gov/ncrfc/LMI_QPF_NcrfcCurrentQpf
...Forecast Activity...
RVF forecasts issued today. Issue times are in UTC.
Subtract 6 hrs for CST, 5 hrs for CDT/EST, 4 hrs for EDT.
RVF Forecast Group description Issue Time
CIW Cedar/Iowa R Basin 2026-05-06 14:16 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2026-05-06 15:39 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2026-05-06 14:47 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2026-05-06 14:04 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2026-05-06 15:04 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2026-05-06 14:16 UTC
KDF Illinois R tribs abv LaSalle, IL 2026-05-06 12:55 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2026-05-06 14:40 UTC
LOW Lake of the Woods Basin 2026-05-06 14:52 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2026-05-06 15:26 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2026-05-06 15:52 UTC
MEN Menominee R - NE WI & U.P. of MI 2026-05-06 15:22 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2026-05-06 14:16 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2026-05-06 15:03 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2026-05-06 15:03 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2026-05-06 13:04 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2026-05-06 14:43 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2026-05-06 14:28 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
ILO HAVI2 Havana - Illinois R 14.0 15.9
ILO BEAI2 Beardstown - Illinois R 14.0 17.1
ILO HARI2 Hardin - Illinois R 25.0 25.5
KBM VNDI2 Vandalia - WWTP & Kaskaskia R 18.0 18.8
RCK AFTW3 Afton - 5SW - WWTP & Rock R 9.0 9.1
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 9.9
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 7.6
EWS PCNW3 Princeton - Fox R 9.5 8.0
EWS BERW3 Berlin - Fox R 13.0 12.0
EWS APLW3 Appleton - Fox R 8.4 7.0
ILO NLGI2 La Grange - L&D 8 - Illinois R 23.0 21.9
ILO MROI2 Meredosia - Pwr Plant - Illinois R 17.0 15.8
ILO VALI2 Valley City - Illinois R 14.0 13.9
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 16.2
KSJ VCKM4 Vicksburg - 2E - Portage R 5.0 4.8
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 5.2
KSJ NILM4 Niles - WWTP - St Joseph R 11.0 8.0
LOW SKRM5 Ely - 9SE - S Kawishiwi R 6.5 6.3
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 626.3
RCK WATW3 Watertown - WWTP - Rock R 5.5 4.4
RCK JFFW3 Jefferson - Rock R 10.0 8.8
RCK FATW3 Fort Atkinson - WWTP & Rock R 16.0 15.4
RCK LATI2 Latham Park - Rock R 9.0 7.2
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 11.9
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R 17.0 12.9
...Past Precipitation...
Observation times are in UTC.
Subtract 6 hrs for CST, 5 hrs for CDT/EST, 4 hrs for EDT.
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Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Iowa:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
IALE11 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.01 : West Point 8NW IA
DNNI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Donnellson IA
IAHY05 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.01 : Salem 3ESE IA
BRLI4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.01 : Burlington IA
KEQI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.001 : Keosauqua IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
BMMI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.24 : Mt Vernon 5W IL
ILFK06 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.23 : Benton 1NNE IL
ILFK07 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.21 : Christopher 1NNW IL
SLOI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.10 : Salem WTP IL
WRCI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.10 : Waltonville 3N IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INSL04 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.12 : Hymera IN
SBWI3 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.14 : South Bend IN
NJDI3 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.13 : North Judson 3S IN
INJS14 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.12 : Rensselaer 5NW IN
RZL DH1200/PPDRZ 0.12 : Rensselaer 1NW - Jasper Cnty Arpt IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIMR17 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.18 : Monroe 6NW MI
MILN10 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.14 : Blissfield 1WNW MI
MIBN22 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.13 : Shoreham 2SE MI
WHLM4 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.13 : Whitmore Lake 1N - WWTP MI
SLNM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.13 : Saline 4SW MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SEAM5 DH1200/PPDRG 0.04 : Grand Marais 33NW (Seagull RAWS) MN
WLFM5 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Wolf Ridge Elc MN
MNCK43 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Tofte 2NE MN
MNCK31 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Tofte 1SW MN
MEAM5 DH1200/PPDRG 0.02 : Ely 20NW /Meander Lk RAWS/ MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
PTSM7 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.13 : Potosi 3N MO
MOSC07 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.11 : Sikeston 2ENE MO
MOCG14 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.03 : Oak Ridge 2WSW MO
FESM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.91 : Festus - KJFF Radio MO
TRYM7 DH1200/PPDRG 0.88 : Troy MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
NDBT08 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.01 : Maxbass 5ENE ND
4251N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Maxbass 5ENE ND
PBAN8 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.001 : Pembina WTP ND
DVL DH1156/PPDRZ 0.001 : Devils Lake Muni Arpt ND
MIB DH1155/PPDRZ 0.001 : Minot AFB ND
No measureable precipitation reported within the NCRFC area
of South Dakota during the last 24 hours.
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
HURW3 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.02 : Hurley 2N WI
WIIR06 DH1235/PPDRZ 0.01 : Hurley 4SSE WI
WIIR04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Mercer 7NNE WI
WIBY32 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.01 : Washburn 1N WI
WIIR03 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Pence WI
See http://www.weather.gov/ncrfc/LMI_QCPCPN for all reports.
For additional and more in-depth information concerning river
forecasts, precipitation and all hydrometeorological information
in the NCRFC area of responsibility, please refer to the NCRFC
web page at: http://www.weather.gov/ncrfc
