Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1124 AM CDT Sun Apr 27 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 2025-04-27 14:59 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-04-27 15:01 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2025-04-27 14:16 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-04-27 13:23 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-04-27 14:53 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2025-04-27 14:19 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-04-27 15:24 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-04-27 15:40 UTC
MEN Menominee R - NE WI & U.P. of MI 2025-04-27 12:22 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-04-27 16:14 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-04-27 12:21 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-04-27 13:17 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-04-27 13:26 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-04-27 14:09 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-04-27 12:21 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2025-04-27 14:57 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 21.8
TIA DEWI4 De Witt - 4S - Wapsipinicon R 11.0 11.4
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW FNHI4 Finchford - W Fk Cedar R 17.0 12.1
CIW SHRI4 Shell Rock - Shell Rock R 12.0 10.3
CIW CEDI4 Cedar Falls - Cedar R 89.0 87.2
CIW ALOI4 Waterloo - Cedar R 13.0 10.2
CIW CEBI4 Cedar Bluff - Cedar River 16.0 12.2
CIW CNEI4 Conesville - 4NE - Cedar R 13.0 12.6
CIW MIWI4 Marshalltown - WWTP - Iowa R 19.0 15.7
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 14.5
CIW WAPI4 Wapello - Iowa R 21.0 19.4
CIW OKVI4 Oakville - Iowa R 11.0 9.4
DES DEMI4 Des Moines - Fleur Dr - Raccoon R 12.0 8.8
DES DESI4 Des Moines - SE 6TH St - Des Moines R 24.0 20.1
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 10.4
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 7.9
KBM MURI2 Murphysboro - 2SW-WWTP/Rte 127-Big Muddy R 22.0 20.1
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 626.9
M10 LYNW3 Lynxville - L&D 9 - Mississippi R 625.0 619.7
M10 MCGI4 McGregor - No. 2 - Mississippi R 16.0 13.5
M10 GTTI4 Guttenberg - L&D 10 - Mississippi R 15.0 12.0
M19 GLDI2 Gladstone - 4WNW - L&D 18 / Mississippi R 10.0 9.0
M19 BRLI4 Burlington - Mississippi R 15.0 14.1
MEN WLKM4 Witch Lake - 2S Blo Witch Lk-Michigamme R 9.0 8.7
MEN NIAW3 Niagara - Menominee R 13.0 10.0
MEN VLCM4 Vulcan - 3S - Menominee R 15.0 10.5
MEN MCAW3 Wausaukee - 15E - Menominee R 15.0 13.6
MIS HNNM7 Hannibal - WTP - Mississippi R 17.0 15.1
MIS LUSM7 Louisiana - WTP-(Pool 24 CP)-Mississippi R 15.0 14.1
MIS CLKM7 Clarksville - L&D 24 - Mississippi R 25.0 24.0
MIS CAGM7 Cap Au Gris - L&D 25 - Mississippi R 26.0 24.1
TIA ANSI4 Anamosa - 2SE - Wapsipinicon R 14.5 13.0
WIS NCAW3 Necedah - Yellow R 15.0 13.3
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R 17.0 15.8
WIS MUSW3 Muscoda - 1NE - WWTP & Wisconsin R 9.0 7.5
...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
EMTI4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.18 : Emmetsburg 2NW IA
EST DH1152/PPDRZ 0.17 : Estherville Municipal Airport IA
IAKS05 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.10 : Burt IA
IAKS06 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.07 : Swea City 4NW IA
ALGI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Algona 3W IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
ILCH02 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.11 : Hardin 4S IL
MEDI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.06 : Medora 1S IL
HARI2 DH1200/PPDRG 0.05 : Hardin IL
WHLI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.05 : White Hall 1E IL
ALNI2 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.04 : Alton 2SE - Melvin Price L&D IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INLK119 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Hobart 2SE IN
INEL81 DH1103/PPDRZ 0.01 : Syracuse 2NW IN
INSJ34 DH1345/PPDRZ 0.01 : Walkerton 4ENE IN
INSN02 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.001 : Hudson 4NNW IN
INEL78 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.001 : Goshen 4NNW IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIOK63 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.02 : Fenton 3SSE MI
MIOK35 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.02 : Waterford 2NW MI
FNT DH1153/PPDRZ 0.01 : Flint Bishop Arpt MI
MIWY125 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.01 : Canton 3N MI
MIOK142 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.01 : Waterford 1NE MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNMS05 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.27 : Warren 7NW MN
MNSC02 DH1330/PPDRZ 0.26 : Prior Lake 2W MN
JORM5 DH1030/PPDRZ 0.22 : Jordan 1SSW MN
WRNM5 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.22 : Worthington 2NNE MN
MNNB07 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.19 : Worthington 2SW MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MOMY02 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.26 : Middletown 4SW MO
SHZM7 DH1200/PPDRG 0.25 : Shelbina 3N MO
VNDM7 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.24 : Vandalia WTP MO
SLBM7 DH1245/PPDRZ 0.18 : Shelbina WWTP MO
MYJ DH1200/PPDRZ 0.17 : Mexico MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
NDBT11 DH1400/PPDRZ 0.11 : Bottineau 6ENE ND
NDST01 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.06 : Hatton 9WSW ND
MOT DH1154/PPDRZ 0.05 : Minot Intl Arpt ND
TMTN8 DH1200/PPDRG 0.05 : Turtle Mountain RAWS ND
MIB DH1155/PPDRZ 0.05 : Minot AFB ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDGT09 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.11 : LaBolt SD
MLBS2 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.02 : Milbank WWTP SD
SDRB01 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Sisseton 4W SD
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.001 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WIBT21 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.04 : Grantsburg 0.6 WI
LNDW3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.03 : Grantsburg 6SW /Lind RAWS/ WI
WISC65 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.01 : Hudson 1NNE WI
WIJK04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Melrose 4W WI
WIPC10 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : River Falls 1S 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
