Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1232 PM CDT Tue Mar 31 2026
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 2026-03-31 15:52 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2026-03-31 14:33 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2026-03-31 16:43 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2026-03-31 16:26 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2026-03-31 16:47 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2026-03-31 14:29 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2026-03-31 14:52 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2026-03-31 15:35 UTC
MEN Menominee R - NE WI & U.P. of MI 2026-03-31 14:16 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2026-03-31 16:11 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2026-03-31 14:18 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2026-03-31 16:40 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2026-03-31 14:37 UTC
RED Red R of the North mainstem 2026-03-31 15:06 UTC
SMW Saginaw Basin in MI 2026-03-31 13:21 UTC
SRS Souris R Basin 2026-03-31 16:14 UTC
SSL Illinois R tribs blo LaSalle, IL 2026-03-31 13:46 UTC
TMN Red R tribs in Minnesota 2026-03-31 14:52 UTC
TMO NE Missouri Tribs to Miss. R 2026-03-31 13:43 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2026-03-31 14:18 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
ILO SRDI2 Utica - Starved Rock L&D 6 -Illinois R 450.0 450.1
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 6.3
NLM STRM4 Sterling - 3N - Rifle R 6.0 6.5
RED OSLM5 Oslo - Red R 26.0 26.0
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 7.5
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 10.1
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 7.8
GND HHTM4 Holt - 2E - Sycamore Cr 8.0 6.6
GND EAGM4 Eagle - 2NNE - Looking Glass R 7.0 5.9
GND MRPM4 Maple Rapids - Maple R 9.0 8.8
GND IONM4 Ionia - Grand R 21.0 16.1
GND HSTM4 Hastings - 3SE - Thornapple R 7.0 5.1
GND EVRM4 Evart - Muskegon R 12.0 10.4
ILO OTWI2 Ottawa - Illinois R 463.0 461.1
ILO LSLI2 La Salle - 1S - Illinois R 20.0 19.1
KSJ VCKM4 Vicksburg - 2E - Portage R 5.0 4.7
KSJ NILM4 Niles - WWTP - St Joseph R 11.0 9.1
MEN VLCM4 Vulcan - 3S - Menominee R 15.0 9.0
MEN MCAW3 Wausaukee - 15E - Menominee R 15.0 12.6
MIS LUSM7 Louisiana - WTP-(Pool 24 CP)-Mississippi R 15.0 13.5
MIS CLKM7 Clarksville - L&D 24 - Mississippi R 25.0 23.4
NLM SHRM4 Sherman - 1N - Manistee R 15.0 14.6
NLM RDOM4 Red Oak - 3S - Au Sable R 7.0 6.2
RED DRTN8 Drayton - 2NE - Red R @ Hwy 66 Bridge 32.0 28.8
SMW MIDM4 Midland - No 2 - Tittabawassee R 24.0 17.5
SRS TOWN8 Towner - Souris R 1454.0 1453.8
SRS BANN8 Bantry - 8E - Souris R 1440.0 1439.9
SSL CLMI2 Colmar - 1SSW - La Moine R 20.0 19.9
TMN ALVM5 Alvarado - Snake R 106.0 105.1
TMN HLLM5 Hallock - TWo Rivers R 802.0 800.0
TMO EWNM7 Ewing - 5E - North Fabius R 11.0 10.9
TMO EWMM7 Ewing - 1NNE - Mid Fabius R 12.0 9.6
TMO TAYM7 Taylor - 5SW - S Fabius R 10.0 8.5
TMO PMZM7 Holliday - 2N - MI Fk Salt R 17.0 16.5
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R 17.0 13.5
...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
IADL26 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.52 : Dallas Center 4ENE IA
IADL17 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.49 : Dallas Center 4NNE IA
IAPK97 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.37 : Ankeny 2NNE IA
SAYI4 DH1200/PPDRG 1.30 : Saylorville 3WNW (Dam) IA
DMX DH1200/PPDRZ 1.17 : Des Moines WFO (Johnston) IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
ILCK152 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.10 : Chicago Ridge IL
ILDP161 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.05 : Wheaton 1NNW IL
ILKN22 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.04 : Geneva 1SSW IL
ILDP177 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.03 : Winfield 1ENE IL
ILCK148 DH1145/PPDRZ 0.96 : Oak Lawn 2SE IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INLG05 DH1150/PPDRZ 0.02 : LaGrange 1ENE IN
INPT69 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Porter 1S IN
INLK89 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Hammond 1SSW IN
INSJ46 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.01 : Granger 2ENE IN
INLG18 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.001 : Lagrange 10ESE IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
POAM4 DH1140/PPDRZ 2.35 : Port Austin WWTP MI
P58 DH1155/PPDRZ 2.11 : Port Hope 7NW - Lighthouse Cnty Pk MI
GLAM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.19 : Gladwin WWTP MI
MIOG06 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.19 : West Branch 2SSW MI
SCKM4 DH1200/PPDRG 1.11 : Sid Town 5S - Silver Creek /RAWS/ MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNMW03 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.27 : Austin 2ENE MN
MNMW11 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.26 : Austin 2WSW MN
DOBM5 DH1200/PPDRG 0.25 : Austin - 21st St NE MN
MNWN23 DH1340/PPDRZ 0.15 : Winona 2ESE MN
MNWN21 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.13 : Winona 2ESE MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MMPM7 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.001 : Memphis MO
MOFSA001 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.001 : Kirksville 1S MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
LMGN8 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.30 : Lake Metigoshe State Park ND
NDBT11 DH1254/PPDRZ 0.25 : Bottineau 6ENE ND
BOTN8 DH1255/PPDRZ 0.22 : Bottineau ND
PBAN8 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.18 : Pembina WTP ND
NDPM01 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.15 : Cavalier 8WNW 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
WIMT14 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.50 : Mosinee 3WSW WI
WIRC03 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.38 : Racine 2WSW WI
RCNW3 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.34 : Racine WWTP WI
STRW3 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.33 : Stratford 1NW WI
WIOC15 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.31 : Oconto Falls 1SE 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
