Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1034 AM CDT Sat May 9 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
CIW Cedar/Iowa R Basin 2026-05-09 13:51 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2026-05-09 13:58 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2026-05-09 14:33 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2026-05-09 12:58 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2026-05-09 14:24 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2026-05-09 14:14 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2026-05-09 12:46 UTC
LOW Lake of the Woods Basin 2026-05-09 13:46 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2026-05-09 14:13 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2026-05-09 14:39 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2026-05-09 15:04 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2026-05-09 12:47 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2026-05-09 14:14 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2026-05-09 13:38 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2026-05-09 12:58 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2026-05-09 14:10 UTC
Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
ILO HAVI2 Havana - Illinois R 14.0 14.9
ILO BEAI2 Beardstown - Illinois R 14.0 15.8
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 20.2
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 9.1
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 7.1
EWS PCNW3 Princeton - Fox R 9.5 7.6
ILO MROI2 Meredosia - Pwr Plant - Illinois R 17.0 14.5
ILO VALI2 Valley City - Illinois R 14.0 12.7
ILO HARI2 Hardin - Illinois R 25.0 24.0
KSJ VCKM4 Vicksburg - 2E - Portage R 5.0 4.7
KSJ NILM4 Niles - WWTP - St Joseph R 11.0 7.4
LOW SKRM5 Ely - 9SE - S Kawishiwi R 6.5 5.7
M10 GENW3 Genoa - L&D 8 - Mississippi R 631.0 625.5
RCK WATW3 Watertown - WWTP - Rock R 5.5 4.1
RCK JFFW3 Jefferson - Rock R 10.0 8.1
RCK FATW3 Fort Atkinson - WWTP & Rock R 16.0 14.7
RCK AFTW3 Afton - 5SW - WWTP & Rock R 9.0 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
IADM18 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.08 : Danville 3W IA
BRLI4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.08 : Burlington IA
EOKI4 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.08 : Keokuk L&D 19 IA
IADV03 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.02 : Bloomfield 9SSW IA
BRL DH1153/PPDRZ 0.02 : Burlington Muni Arpt (ASOS) IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SLOI2 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.78 : Salem WTP IL
HEKI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.47 : Hecker 2NE IL
CNTI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.21 : Centralia 2SW IL
HOFI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.12 : Hoffman 2SW IL
FYEI2 DH1200/PPDRG 1.01 : Fayetteville IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
INSL04 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.99 : Hymera IN
INNW06 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.11 : Kentland 2SSE IN
INJS73 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.08 : Wheatfield 4WSW IN
INJS49 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.07 : De Motte 4SW IN
INSN12 DH1330/PPDRZ 0.06 : Hudson IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
ETWM4 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.19 : East Tawas WWTP MI
MIIC03 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.19 : East Tawas 1WSW MI
LUPM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.12 : Lupton 1S MI
GLNM4 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.10 : Glennie 2SE MI
SCKM4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.10 : Sid Town 5S - Silver Creek /RAWS/ MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNMR21 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.30 : Pillager 2SW MN
MNHN363 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.30 : Dayton 6ESE MN
MNCW22 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.27 : Fort Ripley 1N MN
MNTD04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.25 : Hewitt 1N MN
MNOT06 DH1141/PPDRZ 0.24 : Pelican Rapids 6NNW MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
DSOM7 DH1300/PPDRZ 1.00 : De Soto MO
FESM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.99 : Festus - KJFF Radio MO
MOCF01 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.96 : Steelville 6SW MO
PTSM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.86 : Potosi 3N MO
CUBM7 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.84 : Cuba MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
NDCS24 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.16 : Fargo 4S ND
NDRC14 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.15 : Wahpeton 1SSE ND
FRTN8 DH1200/PPDRG 0.12 : Ft Totten 5ENE-Spirit Lk Casino /RA ND
NDGG03 DH1130/PPDRZ 0.11 : Cooperstown ND
FAR DH1153/PPDRZ 0.11 : Fargo - Hector Field ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDRB09 DH1400/PPDRZ 0.05 : Wilmot 8NNE SD
8D3 DH1156/PPDRZ 0.04 : Sisseton Muni Arpt SD
SDGT09 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.04 : LaBolt SD
VTRS2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.04 : Victor 4NNE SD
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.03 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
WIBR07 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.25 : Rice Lake 1SE WI
LUCW3 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.20 : Luck WI
WIWB19 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.17 : Shell Lake 4SW WI
WIBT21 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.16 : Grantsburg 0.6 WI
LNDW3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.15 : Grantsburg 6SW /Lind RAWS/ 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
