Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1227 PM CDT Fri May 23 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 2025-05-23 14:29 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-05-23 14:38 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-05-23 12:55 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-05-23 15:43 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-05-23 15:24 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-05-23 16:07 UTC
MIN Minnesota R abv Shakopee, MN 2025-05-23 14:49 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-05-23 16:24 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-05-23 14:01 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-05-23 14:05 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-05-23 14:14 UTC
RED Red R of the North mainstem 2025-05-23 15:04 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-05-23 14:05 UTC
TMN Red R tribs in Minnesota 2025-05-23 14:50 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-05-23 12:50 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
RED FGON8 Fargo - WTP - Red R 18.0 19.5
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 15.2
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 13.2
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 625.7
MIN JDNM5 Jordan - Minnesota R 25.0 19.5
RDW MAYM5 Mayer - So Fk Crow R 11.0 10.5
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 14.8
RDW SAVM5 Savage - Minnesota R 702.0 698.6
RDW STLM5 Stillwater - St Croix R 87.0 80.0
RED WHNN8 Wahpeton - Red R 11.0 10.0
TMN SABM5 Sabin - 1E - S Br Buffalo R 13.0 12.2
TMN DILM5 Dilworth - 7NE - Buffalo R 13.0 12.4
...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
IASR34 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.08 : Nevada 5S IA
IASR17 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Ames 1ENE IA
ANSI4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.03 : Anamosa 2SE - Shaw Rd IA
MGOI4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.03 : Mingo 3NNW IA
IASR47 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Ames 5NW IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
ILDW08 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.25 : Farmer City 3WSW IL
CISI2 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.20 : Cisco IL
NRLI2 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.17 : Normal 4NE IL
YATI2 DH1120/PPDRZ 0.15 : Yates City IL
ILPT08 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.15 : White Heath 4NNE IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INSL04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.05 : Hymera IN
INPT69 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.05 : Porter 1S IN
MORI3 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.05 : Morocco 1 NW IN
INJS73 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.04 : Wheatfield 4WSW IN
INSN12 DH1106/PPDRZ 0.03 : Hudson IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIOK87 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.36 : Ortonville 2S MI
MIPI01 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.32 : Rogers City MI
HERM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.24 : Herman MI
BUNM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.24 : Burton 4N MI
MIOK107 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.23 : Clarkston 1NE MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNNB07 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.02 : Worthington 2SW MN
MNCK29 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Grand Marais 4NNE MN
MNMY11 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Slayton 1SSW MN
HIB DH1153/PPDRZ 0.001 : Hibbing - Chisholm/Hibbing Arpt (AS MN
ALBM5 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.001 : Albert Lea 3SE MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MODT14 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.001 : Salem 4E MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
LMGN8 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.01 : Lake Metigoshe State Park 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
WIWH08 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.40 : Almond 5SE WI
WIWW12 DH1030/PPDRZ 0.03 : Elkhorn WI
WIDD27 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.02 : Brownsville 1NNW WI
ABGW3 DH1150/PPDRZ 0.02 : Amberg 9E WI
WIWS19 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.02 : West Bend 3WSW 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
