Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1111 AM CDT Sat Mar 29 2025
Rain this weekend is likely to lead to isolated flooding across
central Wisconsin. There is some potential that the heaviest storms
could produce localized serious flooding.
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
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2025-03-29 14:30 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-03-29 14:11 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-03-29 15:52 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2025-03-29 13:25 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-03-29 14:57 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-03-29 15:27 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-03-29 16:02 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-03-29 14:03 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-03-29 14:50 UTC
SMW Saginaw Basin in MI 2025-03-29 14:07 UTC
TMO NE Missouri Tribs to Miss. R 2025-03-29 15:03 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2025-03-29 15:10 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 11.0
EWS ROYW3 Royalton - Ltl Wolf R 5.0 5.1
NLM SHRM4 Sherman - 1N - Manistee R 15.0 15.5
WIS BRFW3 Black River Falls - Hwy 54 - Black R 47.0 48.0
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
EWS OCTW3 Oconto - 5SW - Oconto R 9.0 8.8
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 8.5
EWS WPCW3 Waupaca - 5SE - Waupaca R 6.0 5.2
EWS PCNW3 Princeton - Fox R 9.5 8.1
GND MRPM4 Maple Rapids - Maple R 9.0 7.5
GND EVRM4 Evart - Muskegon R 12.0 11.6
GND CROM4 Croton - Croton Dam - Muskegon R 9.0 8.3
GND NEWM4 Newaygo - Bridge St - Muskegon R 11.0 10.9
GND BDGM4 Bridgeton - Muskegon R 13.0 12.5
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 5.4
KSJ NILM4 Niles - WWTP - St Joseph R 11.0 7.8
NLM RDOM4 Red Oak - 3S - Au Sable R 7.0 6.5
NLM STRM4 Sterling - 3N - Rifle R 6.0 5.9
SMW MIDM4 Midland - No 2 - Tittabawassee R 24.0 17.2
WIS ARCW3 Arcadia - Trempealeau R 8.0 7.3
WIS GALW3 Galesville - 5SE - Black R 12.0 11.5
WIS ROTW3 Rothschild - Wisconsin R 25.0 21.5
WIS BBCW3 Babcock - 1WNW - Yellow R 12.0 10.7
WIS NCAW3 Necedah - Yellow R 15.0 14.8
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R 17.0 16.5
WIS RSPW3 Rock Springs - Baraboo R 18.5 14.8
WIS REAW3 Readstown - Kickapoo R 11.0 8.4
...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
IADM15 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.20 : Yarmouth 2SW IA
IAWH01 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.09 : Decorah 8ENE IA
IAAL05 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.07 : Lansing 4NW IA
SACI4 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.07 : Sac City IA
CIYI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.06 : Charles City IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WTRI2 DH1400/PPDRZ 0.09 : Waterloo IL
HGHI2 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.09 : Highland IL
ILMD46 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.09 : Highland 1ESE IL
CNTI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.09 : Centralia 2SW IL
STBI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.08 : St Libory IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INLG18 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.25 : Lagrange 10ESE IN
INSN12 DH1227/PPDRZ 1.09 : Hudson IN
INLG05 DH1157/PPDRZ 0.93 : LaGrange 1ENE IN
INSN43 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.91 : Hudson 6WNW IN
INSN02 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.81 : Hudson 4NNW IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIMM09 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.77 : Menominee 9NNE MI
MIMM08 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.55 : Menominee 4NW MI
MNM DH1157/PPDRZ 1.52 : Menominee - Marinette Twin Cnty Arp MI
APXM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.49 : Gaylord 9SSW /NWS/ MI
CHRM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.45 : Charlevoix WTP MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNAT05 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.01 : Tamarack 1SW MN
MNWG52 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.69 : St Paul Park 1NNE MN
MNAT22 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.67 : Tamarack 2S MN
GRBM5 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.60 : Grand Rapids 12N MN
MNWG88 DH1112/PPDRZ 0.50 : Woodbury MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MORP07 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.10 : Doniphan 14NW MO
FESM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.06 : Festus - KJFF Radio MO
DSOM7 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.05 : De Soto MO
MOJF32 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Arnold 2S MO
MOSL92 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Glendale MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
0079N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.14 : Eckman 4NE ND
NDPM01 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.10 : Cavalier 8WNW ND
LNKN8 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.10 : Lankin 6E ND
4251N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.09 : Maxbass 5ENE ND
PBAN8 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.08 : Pembina WTP ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.001 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
VTRS2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.001 : Victor 4NNE SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WIDR06 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.03 : Sister Bay 1NNE WI
MLLW3 DH1100/PPDRZ 2.03 : Merrill 8W WI
FISW3 DH1030/PPDRZ 1.93 : Fish Creek-1e-WWTP WI
RRLW3 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.70 : Merrill WI
BREW3 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.64 : Suring 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
