Hydrometeorological Discussion
Issued by NWS North Central River Forecast Center
Issued by NWS North Central River Forecast Center
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Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1201 PM CDT Fri Apr 18 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 2025-04-18 13:36 UTC
CIW Cedar/Iowa R Basin 2025-04-18 15:07 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin 2025-04-18 14:59 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI 2025-04-18 14:12 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI 2025-04-18 14:05 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R 2025-04-18 15:55 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin 2025-04-18 13:21 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN 2025-04-18 12:34 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10 2025-04-18 15:52 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing 2025-04-18 16:01 UTC
MEN Menominee R - NE WI & U.P. of MI 2025-04-18 12:45 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL 2025-04-18 16:22 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers 2025-04-18 12:50 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin 2025-04-18 14:50 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN 2025-04-18 13:47 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R 2025-04-18 14:52 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers 2025-04-18 14:51 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin 2025-04-18 14:00 UTC
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Sites with forecasts above flood stage (FS):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
KBM KCAI2 Carlyle - Us Hwy 50-Kaskaskia R 16.5 22.7
KBM PLMI2 Plumfield - Big Muddy R 20.0 22.1
KBM MURI2 Murphysboro - 2SW-WWTP/Rte 127-Big Muddy R 22.0 26.3
Sites with forecasts below flood stage but above a
user-defined threshold (FS=Flood Stage):
MAX
RVF NWSLI Station name/river FS FCST
CIW LANM5 Lansing - Cedar R 18.0 15.0
CIW TRCM5 Austin - 3NW - Turtle Cr 10.5 9.5
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R 11.0 9.4
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R 9.0 7.3
KSJ VCKM4 Vicksburg - 2E - Portage R 5.0 4.6
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R 6.0 5.4
KSJ NILM4 Niles - WWTP - St Joseph R 11.0 7.3
MEN VLCM4 Vulcan - 3S - Menominee R 15.0 9.3
MEN MCAW3 Wausaukee - 15E - Menominee R 15.0 12.6
NLM SHRM4 Sherman - 1N - Manistee R 15.0 14.4
UPM ALSM4 Alston - 5SE - Sturgeon R 8.0 7.9
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R 17.0 13.5
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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
IAPA05 DH1150/PPDRZ 1.55 : West Bend 5W IA
MCW DH1153/PPDRZ 1.49 : Mason City Muni Arpt (ASOS) IA
WACI4 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.44 : Waucoma 1WNW IA
YSPI4 DH1200/PPDRG 1.39 : Harpers Ferry 5WSW /RAWS/ IA
IAAL06 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.31 : Postville 6NE IA
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
DXRI2 DH1200/PPDRG 0.83 : Dixon IL
ILLE05 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.77 : Sterling 4NE IL
ILBU11 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.72 : Walnut 5ENE IL
MDTI2 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.69 : Mendota 1S IL
ILLE22 DH1111/PPDRZ 0.66 : Amboy IL
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MORI3 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.12 : Morocco 1 NW IN
FSMI3 DH1200/PPDRG 0.11 : Iroquois River Near Foresman IN
INJS07 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.10 : Rensselaer 2SSW IN
INJS47 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.10 : Remington IN
RZZI3 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.08 : Rensselaer 2SW IN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
KSGM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 1.18 : Kearsarge MI
IWOM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.83 : Ironwood - WUPM-FM MI
QNCM4 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.81 : Hancock 1N MI
TRRM4 DH1200/PPDRG 0.79 : Lake Linden 2NE MI
HERM4 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.78 : Herman MI
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MNFN11 DH1100/PPDRZ 2.94 : Hollandale 3W MN
MNFT07 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.45 : Wells 4SE MN
MNDD14 DH1130/PPDRZ 2.09 : Hayfield MN
MNSE03 DH1200/PPDRZ 2.04 : Ellendale MN
MNMW11 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.97 : Austin 2WSW MN
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
MOFR07 DH1250/PPDRZ 0.40 : St. Clair 4W MO
MOMY02 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.38 : Middletown 4SW MO
UNNM7 DH1200/PPDRG 0.27 : Union MO
MOPH20 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.26 : St. James 1SE MO
ERKM7 DH1200/PPDRG 0.24 : Eureka 2E MO
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
NDCS25 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.14 : Fargo 2N ND
NDRC08 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.10 : Abercrombie ND
NDCS24 DH1300/PPDRZ 0.10 : Fargo 4S ND
NDWH02 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.07 : Oslo 3WNW ND
NDGF23 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.05 : Larimore ND
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from South Dakota:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
SDRB04 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Sisseton 10ENE SD
8D3 DH1156/PPDRZ 0.01 : Sisseton Muni Arpt SD
MLBS2 DH1230/PPDRZ 0.01 : Milbank WWTP SD
SDRB01 DH1200/PPDRZ 0.01 : Sisseton 4W SD
SDGT09 DH1100/PPDRZ 0.001 : LaBolt SD
Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID OBTIME/SHEF VALUE NAME / DETAIL STATE
BFWW3 DH1200/PPDRG 1.71 : Black River Falls 1E /RAWS/ WI
STEW3 DH1200/PPDRG 1.61 : Steuben 3NE WI
PLOW3 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.58 : Plover 1S WI
BCK DH1155/PPDRZ 1.57 : Black River Falls Muni Arpt WI
WIPT11 DH1200/PPDRZ 1.54 : Plover 2W 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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