Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1137 AM CDT Sun Jul 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 2025-07-27 14:20 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-07-27 14:36 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-07-27 12:54 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-07-27 16:02 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2025-07-27 14:40 UTC
KDF Illinois R tribs abv LaSalle, IL 2025-07-27 14:38 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2025-07-27 12:35 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-07-27 14:31 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-07-27 16:08 UTC
MIN Minnesota R abv Shakopee, MN 2025-07-27 13:07 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-07-27 16:04 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-07-27 12:54 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-07-27 13:22 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-07-27 14:00 UTC
SSL Illinois R tribs blo LaSalle, IL 2025-07-27 14:33 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-07-27 14:02 UTC
TMO NE Missouri Tribs to Miss. R 2025-07-27 12:41 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-07-27 12:53 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW CEDI4 Cedar Falls - Cedar R 89.0 90.0
CIW CNEI4 Conesville - 4NE - Cedar R 13.0 13.1
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 15.9
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 16.5
MIS HNNM7 Hannibal - WTP - Mississippi R 17.0 18.3
MIS SVRM7 Saverton - L&D 22 - Mississippi R 16.0 17.1
MIS LUSM7 Louisiana - WTP-(Pool 24 CP)-Mississippi R 15.0 17.6
MIS CLKM7 Clarksville - L&D 24 - Mississippi R 25.0 28.2
MIS CAGM7 Cap Au Gris - L&D 25 - Mississippi R 26.0 28.2
SSL CLMI2 Colmar - 1SSW - La Moine R 20.0 20.6
TMO WYLM7 Wayland - 2W - Fox R 15.0 17.5
TMO EWNM7 Ewing - 5E - North Fabius R 11.0 15.2
TMO EWMM7 Ewing - 1NNE - Mid Fabius R 12.0 16.1
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 12.2
CIW MCWI4 Mason City - Winnebago R 10.0 8.4
CIW SHRI4 Shell Rock - Shell Rock R 12.0 11.8
CIW ALOI4 Waterloo - Cedar R 13.0 11.5
CIW PLOI4 Palo - Cedar R 12.5 11.1
CIW CIDI4 Cedar Rapids - No. 2 - Cedar R 12.0 11.0
CIW CEBI4 Cedar Bluff - Cedar River 16.0 13.2
CIW ROWI4 Rowan - 4NW - Iowa R 12.5 10.1
CIW MIWI4 Marshalltown - WWTP - Iowa R 19.0 16.8
CIW TMAI4 Tama - 3W - Iowa R 12.5 12.4
CIW WAPI4 Wapello - Iowa R 21.0 20.4
CIW OKVI4 Oakville - Iowa R 11.0 10.4
DES AGNI4 Algona - 1NNW - E Fk Des Moines R 17.0 15.7
DES DEMI4 Des Moines - Fleur Dr - Raccoon R 12.0 8.9
DES DMOI4 Des Moines - 2ND Ave - Des Moines R 23.0 19.3
DES DESI4 Des Moines - SE 6TH St - Des Moines R 24.0 21.4
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 5.4
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 626.1
M19 GGYM7 Gregory Landing - Mississippi R 15.0 14.4
MIN MVOM5 Montevideo - Minnesota R 14.0 12.6
MIN GTEM5 Granite Falls - Minnesota R 885.0 883.2
MIN MTNM5 Morton - 1SW - Minnesota R 21.0 19.9
MIN MNKM5 Mankato - Minnesota R 22.0 15.7
MIN HENM5 Henderson - Minnesota R 732.0 729.5
MIN JDNM5 Jordan - Minnesota R 25.0 23.6
MIS CANM7 Canton - L&D 20 - Mississippi R 15.0 14.4
MIS UINI2 Quincy - Memorial Br. - Mississippi R 19.0 17.4
MIS QLDI2 Quincy - 3SSW-L&D 21 - Mississippi R 18.0 16.5
MIS GRFI2 Grafton - (Pool 26 CP) Mississippi R 20.0 18.6
MIS ALNI2 Alton - 2SE- Melvin Price L&D/Miss. R 21.0 19.1
MIS CHSI2 Chester - Mississippi R 27.0 26.0
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 12.4
RDW SAVM5 Savage - Minnesota R 702.0 699.1
RDW STLM5 Stillwater - St Croix R 87.0 80.5
TIA DEWI4 De Witt - 4S - Wapsipinicon R 11.0 10.1
TIA OOAI4 Oskaloosa - 4N - S Skunk R 24.5 19.9
TIA AGSI4 Augusta - Skunk R 15.0 14.0
TMO PMZM7 Holliday - 2N - MI Fk Salt R 17.0 15.0
...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
IAWS07 DH1215/PPDRZ 1.74 : Wellman 4E IA
IAMC21 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.57 : Nichols 2NNW IA
MSTI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.55 : Muscatine 2N IA
NEPI4 DH1200/PPDRG 1.55 : North English 4E (Near Parnell) IA
DVN DH1152/PPDRZ 1.10 : Davenport Muni Arpt IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
JVLI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 5.44 : Jerseyville 2SW - WWTP IL
HARI2 DH1200/PPDRG 4.13 : Hardin IL
MEDI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.41 : Medora 1S IL
ILCH02 DH1120/PPDRZ 3.05 : Hardin 4S IL
ILPT15 DH1100/PPDRZ 2.34 : Mahomet 4WSW IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INLK46 DH1100/PPDRZ 2.25 : St. John IN
INPT79 DH1330/PPDRZ 2.17 : Lakes Of The Four Seasons IN
INPT12 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.92 : Valparaiso 4SW IN
INLK26 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.81 : Crown Point 1N IN
INLK99 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.81 : St. John 3SE IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
AGCM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.23 : Algonac WWTP MI
MICF09 DH1000/PPDRZ 1.10 : Grayling 16NE MI
BDAM4 DH1017/PPDRZ 0.83 : Bad Axe WWTP MI
ALMM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.82 : Alma WWTP MI
MIIC03 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.81 : East Tawas 1WSW MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNIT23 DH1210/PPDRZ 1.29 : Bovey 13N MN
PBTM5 DH1200/PPDRG 1.29 : Mentor 9W MN
KETM5 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.24 : Kettle Falls Dam (Ranier 33ESE) MN
MNPK13 DH1130/PPDRZ 1.04 : Crookston 1ENE MN
RDLM5 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.90 : Red Lake Falls MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
STGM7 DH1200/PPDRG 3.32 : Elsberry 6SE MO
PCZM7 DH1200/PPDRG 2.11 : Paris MO
MOFR28 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.74 : Labadie 2E MO
CLKM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.66 : Clarksville L&D 24 MO
SET DH1154/PPDRZ 1.49 : St Charles - St Charles Cnty Smartt MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
0556N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.25 : Coulee 4WSW ND
LWDN8 DH1200/PPDRG 1.98 : Lostwood 11N (RAWS) ND
0079N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.83 : Eckman 4NE ND
MOT DH1154/PPDRZ 1.49 : Minot Intl Arpt ND
4043N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.33 : Minot 5ENE 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
WILF08 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.41 : Benton WI
WIWS19 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.60 : West Bend 3WSW WI
WIWS23 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.59 : West Bend 1NNW WI
SLRW3 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.56 : Slinger 1WNW - WWTP WI
MWC DH1200/PPDRZ 0.53 : Milwaukee - Lawrence J Timmerman Ar 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
