Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1117 AM CDT Thu Apr 24 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
CHP Chippewa R Basin 2025-04-24 13:49 UTC
CIW Cedar/Iowa R Basin 2025-04-24 14:36 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-04-24 14:24 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2025-04-24 14:51 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-04-24 13:35 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-04-24 15:32 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2025-04-24 13:26 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-04-24 15:40 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-04-24 15:58 UTC
MEC Meramec R Basin 2025-04-24 13:37 UTC
MEN Menominee R - NE WI & U.P. of MI 2025-04-24 13:40 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-04-24 16:06 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-04-24 12:33 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-04-24 13:34 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-04-24 14:00 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-04-24 14:45 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-04-24 14:42 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2025-04-24 13:36 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW HUDI4 Hudson - Black Hawk Cr 14.0 14.2
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 16.3
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 21.9
KBM MURI2 Murphysboro - 2SW-WWTP/Rte 127-Big Muddy R 22.0 22.4
TIA DEWI4 De Witt - 4S - Wapsipinicon R 11.0 11.4
WIS GALW3 Galesville - 5SE - Black R 12.0 12.1
WIS NCAW3 Necedah - Yellow R 15.0 15.7
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R 17.0 17.2
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CHP ECLW3 Eau Claire - Chippewa R 773.0 766.0
CIW LANM5 Lansing - Cedar R 18.0 14.3
CIW FNHI4 Finchford - W Fk Cedar R 17.0 12.8
CIW SHRI4 Shell Rock - Shell Rock R 12.0 11.0
CIW CEDI4 Cedar Falls - Cedar R 89.0 88.2
CIW ALOI4 Waterloo - Cedar R 13.0 10.7
CIW CEBI4 Cedar Bluff - Cedar River 16.0 12.9
CIW CNEI4 Conesville - 4NE - Cedar R 13.0 12.9
CIW ROWI4 Rowan - 4NW - Iowa R 12.5 9.3
CIW MIWI4 Marshalltown - WWTP - Iowa R 19.0 16.9
CIW TMAI4 Tama - 3W - Iowa R 12.5 11.5
CIW WAPI4 Wapello - Iowa R 21.0 19.9
CIW OKVI4 Oakville - Iowa R 11.0 9.7
DES PROI4 Perry - 1W - N Raccoon R 15.0 14.4
DES DEMI4 Des Moines - Fleur Dr - Raccoon R 12.0 10.2
DES DESI4 Des Moines - SE 6TH St - Des Moines R 24.0 21.6
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 10.2
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 7.8
KBM NASI2 New Athens - Kaskaskia R 79.0 77.9
KBM PLMI2 Plumfield - Big Muddy R 20.0 18.2
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 627.1
M10 LYNW3 Lynxville - L&D 9 - Mississippi R 625.0 619.5
M10 MCGI4 McGregor - No. 2 - Mississippi R 16.0 13.5
M10 GTTI4 Guttenberg - L&D 10 - Mississippi R 15.0 12.3
M19 KHBI2 Keithsburg - Mississippi R 14.0 13.3
M19 GLDI2 Gladstone - 4WNW - L&D 18 / Mississippi R 10.0 9.5
M19 BRLI4 Burlington - Mississippi R 15.0 14.3
M19 GGYM7 Gregory Landing - Mississippi R 15.0 14.0
MEC VLLM7 Valley Park - Meramec R 18.0 11.2
MEN NIAW3 Niagara - Menominee R 13.0 10.7
MEN VLCM4 Vulcan - 3S - Menominee R 15.0 11.2
MEN MCAW3 Wausaukee - 15E - Menominee R 15.0 13.9
MIS CANM7 Canton - L&D 20 - Mississippi R 15.0 13.5
MIS HNNM7 Hannibal - WTP - Mississippi R 17.0 15.6
MIS SVRM7 Saverton - L&D 22 - Mississippi R 16.0 14.5
MIS LUSM7 Louisiana - WTP-(Pool 24 CP)-Mississippi R 15.0 14.9
MIS CLKM7 Clarksville - L&D 24 - Mississippi R 25.0 24.9
MIS CAGM7 Cap Au Gris - L&D 25 - Mississippi R 26.0 25.0
MIS CHSI2 Chester - Mississippi R 27.0 26.3
TIA CFXI4 Colfax - S Skunk R 18.0 15.8
UPM ALSM4 Alston - 5SE - Sturgeon R 8.0 7.8
...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
IABH07 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.57 : Cedar Falls 1SSE IA
IABH03 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.77 : Cedar Falls IA
WEBI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.52 : Webster City - KQWC Radio IA
IACT08 DH1115/PPDRZ 1.49 : Elkader 7WSW IA
IAWB03 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.47 : Fort Dodge 2ENE IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
PKFI2 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.38 : Park Forest WTP IL
ILCK358 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.21 : Burr Ridge 1ENE IL
BATI2 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.21 : Batavia IL
ILCK74 DH1115/PPDRZ 0.18 : Oak Park 1NNE IL
ILDP85 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.18 : Villa Park 1NW IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INPT157 DH1120/PPDRZ 0.29 : Portage 2NNW IN
INLK89 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.25 : Hammond 1SSW IN
MRVI3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.13 : Merrillville IN
INLK94 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.12 : Griffith 1N IN
INLK63 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.11 : Gary 5ENE IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIAG06 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.55 : Munising 11SSW MI
NCFM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.55 : Newberry MI
ANJ DH1155/PPDRZ 0.52 : Sault Ste. Marie MI
SSMM4 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.47 : Sault Ste Marie MI
MICP14 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.47 : Sault Ste. Marie 2E MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNNB10 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.35 : Bigelow 2NW MN
MNNB11 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.27 : Brewster MN
MNRK05 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.27 : Hills MN
MNNB07 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.20 : Worthington 2SW MN
WRNM5 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.20 : Worthington 2NNE MN
No measureable precipitation reported within the NCRFC area
of Missouri during the last 24 hours.
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
PBAN8 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.02 : Pembina WTP ND
LNGN8 DH1307/PPDRZ 0.01 : Langdon Exp Farm ND
DVL DH1156/PPDRZ 0.001 : Devils Lake Muni Arpt ND
RDR DH1155/PPDRZ 0.001 : Grand Forks AFB ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MLBS2 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.001 : Milbank WWTP SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WIGT13 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.95 : Patch Grove WI
BBLW3 DH1200/PPDRG 1.17 : Boscobel /RAWS/ WI
OVS DH1153/PPDRZ 1.06 : Boscobel Arpt WI
LANW3 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.97 : Lancaster 4WSW - Exp Farm WI
LYNW3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.91 : Lynxville L&D 9 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
