Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1136 AM CDT Sun Aug 17 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
CAL Little Calumet R Basin 2025-08-17 15:27 UTC
CIW Cedar/Iowa R Basin 2025-08-17 14:53 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-08-17 15:04 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2025-08-17 13:08 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-08-17 13:02 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-08-17 15:53 UTC
KDF Illinois R tribs abv LaSalle, IL 2025-08-17 13:25 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-08-17 14:55 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-08-17 15:31 UTC
MIN Minnesota R abv Shakopee, MN 2025-08-17 14:11 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-08-17 16:05 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-08-17 13:01 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-08-17 15:05 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-08-17 13:50 UTC
RED Red R of the North mainstem 2025-08-17 15:54 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-08-17 14:44 UTC
TMN Red R tribs in Minnesota 2025-08-17 15:55 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-08-17 13:01 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2025-08-17 14:42 UTC
Sites with forecasts above moderate flood level (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
MIN MVOM5 Montevideo - Minnesota R 14.0 16.6
MIN MTNM5 Morton - 1SW - Minnesota R 21.0 24.5
MIN SPFM5 Springfield - 4SW @ Cottonwood R 22.0 31.0
MIN NWUM5 New Ulm - 2S - Cottonwood R 11.0 15.9
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
KDF SORI2 Shorewood - Du Page R 15.0 16.1
KDF NMSW3 New Munster - 2N - Fox R 11.0 11.0
MIN GTEM5 Granite Falls - Minnesota R 885.0 885.9
MIN RWDM5 Redwood Falls - 3SW - Redwood R 6.0 7.2
RED WHNN8 Wahpeton - Red R 11.0 11.5
RED FGON8 Fargo - WTP - Red R 18.0 19.7
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CAL THNI2 Thornton - Thorn Cr 9.0 8.5
CAL SHLI2 South Holland - Little Calumet R 16.0 13.1
CIW LANM5 Lansing - Cedar R 18.0 17.9
CIW ASTM5 Austin - WWTP - Cedar R 15.0 14.2
CIW TRCM5 Austin - 3NW - Turtle Cr 10.5 8.7
CIW SHRI4 Shell Rock - Shell Rock R 12.0 10.1
CIW WAPI4 Wapello - Iowa R 21.0 18.7
CIW OKVI4 Oakville - Iowa R 11.0 8.8
DES AGNI4 Algona - 1NNW - E Fk Des Moines R 17.0 13.9
DES OTMI4 Ottumwa - Des Moines R 11.5 9.0
KDF LEMI2 Lemont - 1NW - Des Plaines R 10.0 9.5
KDF BOLI2 Bollingbrook - E Br Du Page R 20.0 18.7
KDF NDRI2 Plainfield - Du Page R 12.0 11.2
KDF WKEW3 Waukesha - Fox R 6.0 5.8
M10 DCHI4 Dorchester - 4S - Hwy 76 / Upper Iowa R 14.0 11.5
MIN MSHM5 Marshall - 1W - Redwood R 14.0 12.5
MIN NULM5 New Ulm - 2S - Minnesota R 800.0 799.9
MIN MNKM5 Mankato - Minnesota R 22.0 18.0
MIN HENM5 Henderson - Minnesota R 732.0 731.9
MIN JDNM5 Jordan - Minnesota R 25.0 24.4
MIS LUSM7 Louisiana - WTP-(Pool 24 CP)-Mississippi R 15.0 13.7
MIS CLKM7 Clarksville - L&D 24 - Mississippi R 25.0 23.1
RCK WATW3 Watertown - WWTP - Rock R 5.5 4.3
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 11.9
RDW SAVM5 Savage - Minnesota R 702.0 697.7
WIS ARCW3 Arcadia - Trempealeau R 8.0 6.3
...Past Precipitation...
Observation times are in UTC.
Subtract 6 hrs for CST, 5 hrs for CDT/EST, 4 hrs for EDT.
=====================================================================
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Iowa:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
IAWH01 DH1324/PPDRZ 2.75 : Decorah 8ENE IA
YSPI4 DH1200/PPDRG 2.06 : Harpers Ferry 5WSW /RAWS/ IA
IAAL03 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.94 : Monona 10N IA
IAAL05 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.63 : Lansing 4NW IA
IAAL07 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.30 : Harpers Ferry 6SSW IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
ILKD127 DH1200/PPDRZ 5.23 : Oswego 2WSW IL
ILKD102 DH1200/PPDRZ 4.62 : Oswego 2SSW IL
WBOI2 DH1200/PPDRG 4.59 : Oswego IL
ILKD34 DH1200/PPDRZ 4.58 : Plainfield 5SW IL
ILWL58 DH1400/PPDRZ 4.50 : Plainfield 3ESE IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INPT80 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.75 : Portage 3E IN
INLK89 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.62 : Hammond 1SSW IN
INLK15 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.59 : Dyer 1WNW IN
INLK111 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.45 : Hobart 1S IN
MRVI3 DH1200/PPDRG 2.41 : Merrillville IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIIH07 DH1100/PPDRZ 2.62 : Okemos 1ESE MI
REXM4 DH1200/PPDRG 1.88 : Rexton / RAWS MI
MIDC06 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.35 : Iron Mountain 1W MI
IMT DH1154/PPDRZ 1.30 : Iron Mountain/Kingsford - Ford Arpt MI
MILN16 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.29 : Clinton MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNBU23 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.94 : Mankato 2SE MN
MNMW13 DH1300/PPDRZ 3.66 : Waltham 2SE MN
STGM5 DH1200/PPDRG 3.64 : Sterling Center 2NE MN
MNSE03 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.18 : Ellendale MN
LANM5 DH1200/PPDRG 3.12 : Lansing MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MOSL27 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.45 : Ballwin MO
MOSL49 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.40 : Ballwin 2E MO
SPEM7 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.34 : St Louis MO
MOSS27 DH1240/PPDRZ 0.34 : St. Charles 2NE MO
CAZM7 DH1200/PPDRG 0.22 : Cap Au Gris (Winfield) L&D 25 (HP) MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
NDRC14 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.00 : Wahpeton 1SSE ND
NDGF18 DH1218/PPDRZ 0.29 : Reynolds 8ENE ND
GRFN8 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.24 : Grand Forks - Nws / U Of North Dako ND
GFK DH1153/PPDRZ 0.17 : Grand Forks 4W - Intl Aprt ND
RDR DH1155/PPDRZ 0.05 : Grand Forks AFB ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDRB01 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.21 : Sisseton 4W SD
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.21 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
SDGT09 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : LaBolt SD
MLBS2 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.001 : Milbank WWTP SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
DMLW3 DH1200/PPDRG 2.88 : Lublin 2NE - Diamond Lake /RAWS/ WI
LYNW3 DH1150/PPDRZ 2.85 : Lynxville L&D 9 WI
LYNW3 DH1200/PPDRG 2.68 : Lynxville L&D 9 WI
PITW3 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.35 : Pittsville WWTP WI
LOOW3 DH1217/PPDRZ 2.32 : Waterloo WWTP 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
