Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1055 AM CDT Wed Jul 16 2025
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 2025-07-16 14:56 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-07-16 14:45 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-07-16 14:58 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-07-16 14:06 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2025-07-16 13:31 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-07-16 14:56 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-07-16 15:25 UTC
MIN Minnesota R abv Shakopee, MN 2025-07-16 14:14 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-07-16 15:35 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-07-16 13:50 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-07-16 14:51 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-07-16 14:00 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-07-16 14:09 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-07-16 13:01 UTC
WLS Western Lake Superior basins 2025-07-16 13:31 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 15.5
MIN MVOM5 Montevideo - Minnesota R 14.0 14.8
MIN MTNM5 Morton - 1SW - Minnesota R 21.0 21.8
MIS LUSM7 Louisiana - WTP-(Pool 24 CP)-Mississippi R 15.0 15.7
MIS CLKM7 Clarksville - L&D 24 - Mississippi R 25.0 25.6
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW MIWI4 Marshalltown - WWTP - Iowa R 19.0 14.4
CIW WAPI4 Wapello - Iowa R 21.0 18.8
CIW OKVI4 Oakville - Iowa R 11.0 9.1
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 5.2
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 626.8
M10 LYNW3 Lynxville - L&D 9 - Mississippi R 625.0 619.3
M19 KHBI2 Keithsburg - Mississippi R 14.0 13.0
M19 GLDI2 Gladstone - 4WNW - L&D 18 / Mississippi R 10.0 9.9
M19 BRLI4 Burlington - Mississippi R 15.0 14.9
MIN GTEM5 Granite Falls - Minnesota R 885.0 884.3
MIN NULM5 New Ulm - 2S - Minnesota R 800.0 798.2
MIN HENM5 Henderson - Minnesota R 732.0 729.3
MIN JDNM5 Jordan - Minnesota R 25.0 23.9
MIS CANM7 Canton - L&D 20 - Mississippi R 15.0 13.5
MIS HNNM7 Hannibal - WTP - Mississippi R 17.0 16.9
MIS SVRM7 Saverton - L&D 22 - Mississippi R 16.0 15.2
MIS CAGM7 Cap Au Gris - L&D 25 - Mississippi R 26.0 25.3
RCK MTNW3 Martintown - 2E & Pecatonica R 13.5 10.2
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 13.0
RDW SAVM5 Savage - Minnesota R 702.0 700.0
RDW STLM5 Stillwater - St Croix R 87.0 80.5
TIA DEWI4 De Witt - 4S - Wapsipinicon R 11.0 10.7
...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
IAPC08 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.63 : Fonda 4NNW IA
AMMI4 DH1200/PPDRP 1.01 : Ames 5W IA
SACI4 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.00 : Sac City IA
RKWI4 DH1320/PPDRZ 1.00 : Rockwell City IA
IASC07 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.97 : Sac City 1SSW IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
VDYI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.45 : Venedy Station 1NW IL
ALTI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.13 : Alton 2SE-MELVIN Price L&D IL
ILMA32 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.97 : Warrensburg 1E IL
ILDP101 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.96 : Aurora 4SE IL
SPI DH1152/PPDRZ 0.94 : Springfield - Capital Arpt IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MORI3 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.16 : Morocco 1 NW IN
SLBI3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.13 : Shelby IN
INSL04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.05 : Hymera IN
INPT18 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.04 : Hebron 4NE IN
RZLI3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.03 : Rensselaer IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
QNCM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.76 : Hancock 1N MI
BAGM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.65 : Baraga 7NW MI
HERM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.50 : Herman MI
MION04 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.47 : Ontonagon 2ESE MI
KSGM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.38 : Kearsarge MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNSC02 DH1230/PPDRZ 3.07 : Prior Lake 2W MN
MNLS24 DH1300/PPDRZ 3.03 : Montgomery 2N MN
MNLS13 DH1330/PPDRZ 2.88 : New Prague 1S MN
MNLK01 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.85 : Two Harbors 1SE MN
MNRM120 DH1400/PPDRZ 2.84 : Maplewood 6SSE MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MORP07 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.28 : Doniphan 14NW MO
SET DH1154/PPDRZ 0.99 : St Charles - St Charles Cnty Smartt MO
MOSL67 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.80 : Manchester 2S MO
MOSL92 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.79 : Glendale MO
MOCG18 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.75 : Millersville 3WNW MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MOT DH1154/PPDRZ 0.44 : Minot Intl Arpt ND
VLAN8 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.43 : Velva 4SW ND
NDWR20 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.41 : Minot 2SSW ND
NDGF18 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.29 : Reynolds 8ENE ND
NDPM01 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.22 : Cavalier 8WNW ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDGT09 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.80 : LaBolt SD
SDRB01 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.71 : Sisseton 4W SD
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.67 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
MLBS2 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.62 : Milbank WWTP SD
8D3 DH1156/PPDRZ 0.60 : Sisseton Muni Arpt SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WIBY14 DH1100/PPDRZ 3.95 : Ashland 10W WI
WIBY22 DH1300/PPDRZ 3.90 : Mason 12WNW WI
WIBY32 DH1210/PPDRZ 3.80 : Washburn 1N WI
WIBY26 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.67 : Ashland 10W WI
WIBY38 DH1216/PPDRZ 3.31 : Iron River 5ESE 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
