Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1119 AM CDT Sat Jul 26 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 2025-07-26 13:43 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-07-26 13:40 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-07-26 13:50 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-07-26 12:53 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-07-26 14:45 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2025-07-26 14:47 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2025-07-26 12:47 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-07-26 14:21 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-07-26 15:17 UTC
MIN Minnesota R abv Shakopee, MN 2025-07-26 13:17 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-07-26 12:53 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-07-26 13:29 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-07-26 13:26 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-07-26 13:30 UTC
TMO NE Missouri Tribs to Miss. R 2025-07-26 12:27 UTC
TMO NE Missouri Tribs to Miss. R 2025-07-26 12:38 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-07-26 12:54 UTC
Sites with forecasts above moderate flood level (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
TMO WYLM7 Wayland - 2W - Fox R 15.0 19.7
TMO EWNM7 Ewing - 5E - North Fabius R 11.0 17.4
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW SHRI4 Shell Rock - Shell Rock R 12.0 12.6
CIW CEDI4 Cedar Falls - Cedar R 89.0 90.0
CIW CNEI4 Conesville - 4NE - Cedar R 13.0 13.2
CIW MROI4 Marengo - Iowa R 15.0 15.9
DES SFLM7 St Francisville - 1N - Des Moines R 18.0 20.8
TIA AGSI4 Augusta - Skunk R 15.0 16.2
TMO EWMM7 Ewing - 1NNE - Mid Fabius R 12.0 15.3
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 12.0
CIW MCWI4 Mason City - Winnebago R 10.0 8.9
CIW ALOI4 Waterloo - Cedar R 13.0 11.8
CIW PLOI4 Palo - Cedar R 12.5 11.3
CIW CIDI4 Cedar Rapids - No. 2 - Cedar R 12.0 11.4
CIW CEBI4 Cedar Bluff - Cedar River 16.0 13.5
CIW ROWI4 Rowan - 4NW - Iowa R 12.5 10.6
CIW MIWI4 Marshalltown - WWTP - Iowa R 19.0 17.6
CIW TMAI4 Tama - 3W - Iowa R 12.5 12.3
CIW WAPI4 Wapello - Iowa R 21.0 20.3
CIW OKVI4 Oakville - Iowa R 11.0 10.3
DES AGNI4 Algona - 1NNW - E Fk Des Moines R 17.0 15.9
DES DEMI4 Des Moines - Fleur Dr - Raccoon R 12.0 8.3
DES STRI4 Stratford - 4WSW - Des Moines R 19.0 14.2
DES DMOI4 Des Moines - 2ND Ave - Des Moines R 23.0 19.6
DES DESI4 Des Moines - SE 6TH St - Des Moines R 24.0 21.2
DES OTMI4 Ottumwa - Des Moines R 11.5 9.1
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 16.4
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 5.5
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 625.8
M19 GGYM7 Gregory Landing - Mississippi R 15.0 14.8
MIN MVOM5 Montevideo - Minnesota R 14.0 12.8
MIN GTEM5 Granite Falls - Minnesota R 885.0 883.2
MIN MTNM5 Morton - 1SW - Minnesota R 21.0 20.5
MIN NULM5 New Ulm - 2S - Minnesota R 800.0 796.0
MIN MNKM5 Mankato - Minnesota R 22.0 16.1
MIN HENM5 Henderson - Minnesota R 732.0 729.5
MIN JDNM5 Jordan - Minnesota R 25.0 23.6
RDW DELM5 Delano - So Fk Crow R 16.5 12.5
RDW SAVM5 Savage - Minnesota R 702.0 699.1
RDW STLM5 Stillwater - St Croix R 87.0 80.0
TIA DEWI4 De Witt - 4S - Wapsipinicon R 11.0 10.2
TIA OOAI4 Oskaloosa - 4N - S Skunk R 24.5 20.1
...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
FRMI4 DH1200/PPDRG 4.48 : Farmington 1ENE /RAWS/ IA
IADV07 DH1200/PPDRZ 4.10 : Bloomfield 4WNW IA
BLMI4 DH1300/PPDRZ 4.10 : Bloomfield 1WNW - WTP IA
IADV10 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.90 : Bloomfield 8NNE IA
MSTI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.83 : Muscatine 2N IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
ILCK12 DH1230/PPDRZ 5.84 : Bridgeview 1NNW IL
ILME08 DH1100/PPDRZ 3.79 : Petersburg 6SSE IL
DARI2 DH1200/PPDRG 3.74 : Darien IL
ILDP79 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.49 : Burr Ridge 2SW IL
ILCK358 DH1200/PPDRZ 3.38 : Burr Ridge 1ENE IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SLBI3 DH1200/PPDRG 1.69 : Shelby IN
INSN37 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.07 : Angola 9ESE IN
INJS37 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.95 : De Motte 1NNW IN
INLK15 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.86 : Dyer 1WNW IN
INNW01 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.85 : Mount Ayr 2NNE IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MISJ07 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.18 : Three Rivers 2NE MI
MCHM4 DH1339/PPDRZ 1.14 : Manchester WWTP MI
EVAM4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.93 : Evart 1E /RAWS/ MI
CDWM4 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.91 : Coldwater State School MI
MIWS11 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.84 : Ann Arbor 2WNW MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
KITM5 DH1200/PPDRG 1.59 : Karlstad 2E - Twin Lakes WMA /RAWS/ MN
MNKT02 DH1104/PPDRZ 1.53 : Karlstad MN
BGLM5 DH1200/PPDRG 1.13 : Glyndon 2N MN
TAMM5 DH1200/PPDRG 0.94 : Florian 1S MN
MNRS09 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.75 : Warroad 2WNW MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
KRKM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 2.49 : Kirksville MO
EDNM7 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.66 : Edina MO
SVRM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.63 : Saverton L&D 22 MO
SVRM7 DH1200/PPDRG 0.50 : Saverton L&D 22 MO
HNNM7 DH1223/PPDRZ 0.49 : Hannibal WTP MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
0849N8 DH1314/PPDRZ 2.09 : Park River 4N ND
NDCS01 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.29 : West Fargo 4SSE ND
4206N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.15 : Denhoff 1S ND
NDCS25 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.13 : Fargo 2N ND
4604N8 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.97 : Page 2WSW 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
WIRC33 DH1208/PPDRZ 1.00 : Racine 6N WI
WIWK71 DH1205/PPDRZ 0.82 : Dousman 5SSW WI
MKX DH1200/PPDRZ 0.79 : Sullivan 3SE - Milwaukee WFO WI
ARGW3 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.75 : Argyle WI
WILF04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.69 : Darlington 5SSE 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
