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Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1130 AM CDT Thu May 22 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 2025-05-22 15:29 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-05-22 14:12 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2025-05-22 13:59 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-05-22 13:40 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-05-22 15:36 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-05-22 15:31 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-05-22 15:44 UTC
MEC Meramec R Basin 2025-05-22 16:00 UTC
MIN Minnesota R abv Shakopee, MN 2025-05-22 15:18 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-05-22 15:57 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-05-22 15:21 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-05-22 13:38 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-05-22 15:23 UTC
RED Red R of the North mainstem 2025-05-22 15:07 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-05-22 13:07 UTC
TMN Red R tribs in Minnesota 2025-05-22 15:06 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-05-22 14:01 UTC

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Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
RED FGON8 Fargo - WTP - Red R 18.0 20.0

Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW LANM5 Lansing - Cedar R 18.0 14.0
CIW SHRI4 Shell Rock - Shell Rock R 12.0 10.0
CIW MIWI4 Marshalltown - WWTP - Iowa R 19.0 15.9
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 14.1
MIN JDNM5 Jordan - Minnesota R 25.0 19.5
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 14.3
RDW SAVM5 Savage - Minnesota R 702.0 698.5
RDW STLM5 Stillwater - St Croix R 87.0 80.1
RED WHNN8 Wahpeton - Red R 11.0 10.3
TIA OOAI4 Oskaloosa - 4N - S Skunk R 24.5 18.1
TMN SABM5 Sabin - 1E - S Br Buffalo R 13.0 12.0
TMN DILM5 Dilworth - 7NE - Buffalo R 13.0 12.1

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...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
IAST03 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.31 : Park View IA
IACN05 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.28 : Camanche 1W IA
LWDI4 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.26 : Lowden IA
IACN02 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.26 : Calamus 2NE IA
IACW05 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.26 : Fredericksburg IA

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SAAI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.57 : St Anne IL
ILHY13 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.41 : Galva 3NE IL
ILMCL72 DH1400/PPDRZ 0.38 : Bloomington 4NE IL
ILMCL38 DH1330/PPDRZ 0.36 : Normal 4NE IL
ILIR21 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.31 : Clifton IL

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INSN43 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.49 : Hudson 6WNW IN
INLG01 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.48 : Orland 7SSW IN
INSN12 DH1059/PPDRZ 0.48 : Hudson IN
INLG18 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.46 : Lagrange 10ESE IN
INSN02 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.42 : Hudson 4NNW IN

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MIBR13 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.75 : Hastings 4SSW MI
MINW02 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.70 : Grant 5NW MI
LEOM4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.69 : Leota /RAWS/ MI
FKMM4 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.66 : Frankenmuth 1SE MI
LEXM4 DH1048/PPDRZ 0.65 : Lexington WTP MI

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNHS13 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.57 : La Crescent 5SW MN
MNDK11 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.49 : Rosemount 3WNW MN
MNWG88 DH1010/PPDRZ 0.49 : Woodbury MN
MNGR04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.48 : Kensington 4W MN
MNHN156 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.46 : Minnetonka 2SW MN

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MOPH20 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : St. James 1SE MO
MOSC07 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.01 : Sikeston 2ENE MO
MOBU03 DH1330/PPDRZ 0.001 : Poplar Bluff 4WNW MO

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MYVN8 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.39 : Mayville ND
NDCS62 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.34 : Leonard 5NNE ND
NDRC14 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.32 : Wahpeton 1SSE ND
NDRC08 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.30 : Abercrombie ND
NDST01 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.29 : Hatton 9WSW ND

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDRB01 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.07 : Sisseton 4W SD
SDGT09 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.06 : LaBolt SD
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.05 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
8D3 DH1156/PPDRZ 0.04 : Sisseton Muni Arpt SD
WMTS2 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.04 : Wilmot SD

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WIWK61 DH1144/PPDRZ 0.96 : Hartland 5NNE WI
WIDD18 DH1000/PPDRZ 0.95 : Mayville 5NNW WI
WIOZ09 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.90 : Port Washington 4NE WI
WIOZ22 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.89 : Saukville 1SSW WI
WIOZ17 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.85 : West Bend 7E WI

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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


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