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053 FGUS53 KMSR 210127 RVFCIW RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 827 PM CDT WED AUG 20 2025 : THIS IS A NWS GUIDANCE PRODUCT FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL RIVER : FORECAST CENTER. PUBLIC FORECASTS AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY NWS : WEATHER FORECAST OFFICES. : : FORECAST GROUP IS CIW : : FORECASTS INCLUDE 24-HOURS OF FUTURE PRECIPITATION (QPF) IN 6 HOUR INCREMENTS : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, LANM5 :LANSING, MN - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 14.0 FTMINOR STAGE 18.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 20.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 22.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 14.4 FT AT 2330 Z ON AUG 20 .ER LANM5 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 14.1 .E2 : 0821 : / 13.8 / 13.6 / 13.3 / 13.1 .E3 : 0822 : / 12.8 / 12.5 / 12.3 / 12.1 .E4 : 0823 : / 11.9 / 11.8 / 11.6 / 11.5 .E5 : 0824 : / 11.4 / 11.3 / 11.2 / 11.1 .E6 : 0825 : / 11.0 / 10.9 / 10.9 / 10.8 .E7 : 0826 : / 10.8 / 10.7 / 10.7 / 10.6 .E8 : 0827 : / 10.6 / 10.6 / 10.5 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :TURTLE CREEK, TRCM5 :AUSTIN 3NW, MN - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 7.0 FTMINOR STAGE 10.5 FT :MODERATE STAGE 12.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 14.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.2 FT AT 2330 Z ON AUG 20 .ER TRCM5 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 8.6 .E2 : 0821 : / 8.2 / 7.7 / 7.3 / 7.0 .E3 : 0822 : / 6.7 / 6.4 / 6.2 / 6.0 .E4 : 0823 : / 5.8 / 5.6 / 5.5 / 5.4 .E5 : 0824 : / 5.3 / 5.2 / 5.1 / 5.1 .E6 : 0825 : / 5.0 / 4.9 / 4.9 / 4.8 .E7 : 0826 : / 4.7 / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.6 .E8 : 0827 : / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.4 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CCYI4 :CHARLES CITY, IA - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 9.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 18.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 11.5 FT AT 0015 Z ON AUG 21 .ER CCYI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 10.3 .E2 : 0821 : / 9.2 / 8.4 / 7.8 / 7.3 .E3 : 0822 : / 6.7 / 6.3 / 5.9 / 5.6 .E4 : 0823 : / 5.3 / 5.0 / 4.9 / 4.7 .E5 : 0824 : / 4.5 / 4.4 / 4.2 / 4.1 .E6 : 0825 : / 4.0 / 4.0 / 3.9 / 3.8 .E7 : 0826 : / 3.8 / 3.7 / 3.7 / 3.7 .E8 : 0827 : / 3.6 / 3.6 / 3.6 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :WINNEBAGO RIVER, MCWI4 :MASON CITY, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 8.0 FTMINOR STAGE 10.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 14.5 FTMAJOR STAGE 15.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.9 FT AT 0015 Z ON AUG 21 .ER MCWI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 9.8 .E2 : 0821 : / 9.7 / 9.5 / 9.3 / 9.2 .E3 : 0822 : / 9.1 / 9.0 / 8.9 / 8.8 .E4 : 0823 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.6 / 8.5 .E5 : 0824 : / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.2 / 8.1 .E6 : 0825 : / 8.0 / 7.9 / 7.8 / 7.8 .E7 : 0826 : / 7.7 / 7.7 / 7.6 / 7.5 .E8 : 0827 : / 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.4 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :SHELL ROCK RIVER, SHRI4 :SHELL ROCK, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 10.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 18.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 20.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 12.6 FT AT 2345 Z ON AUG 20 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 06 Z ON 08/22/2025 .ER SHRI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 12.5 .E2 : 0821 : / 12.5 / 12.3 / 12.2 / 12.0 .E3 : 0822 : / 11.9 / 11.8 / 11.6 / 11.5 .E4 : 0823 : / 11.4 / 11.3 / 11.2 / 11.1 .E5 : 0824 : / 11.1 / 11.0 / 10.9 / 10.9 .E6 : 0825 : / 10.8 / 10.7 / 10.7 / 10.6 .E7 : 0826 : / 10.5 / 10.5 / 10.4 / 10.3 .E8 : 0827 : / 10.3 / 10.2 / 10.2 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : :Cresting :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CEDI4 :CEDAR FALLS, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 85.0 FTMINOR STAGE 89.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 92.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 94.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 88.6 FT AT 2345 Z ON AUG 20 .AR :CREST: CEDI4 0822 Z DC202508210127/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 90.1 :Crest near 90.1 FT around 00 Z on Fri, Aug 22 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 21 Z ON 08/22/2025 .ER CEDI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 89.1 .E2 : 0821 : / 89.7 / 90.0 / 90.1 / 90.0 .E3 : 0822 : / 89.7 / 89.2 / 88.5 / 87.7 .E4 : 0823 : / 87.1 / 86.5 / 85.9 / 85.5 .E5 : 0824 : / 85.2 / 85.0 / 84.8 / 84.5 .E6 : 0825 : / 84.3 / 84.2 / 84.0 / 83.9 .E7 : 0826 : / 83.8 / 83.6 / 83.5 / 83.3 .E8 : 0827 : / 83.2 / 83.1 / 83.0 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, ALOI4 :WATERLOO, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 8.5 FTMINOR STAGE 13.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 19.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 21.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 10.4 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 21 .AR :CREST: ALOI4 0822 Z DC202508210127/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 11.7 :Crest near 11.7 FT around 00 Z on Fri, Aug 22 .ER ALOI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 10.8 .E2 : 0821 : / 11.3 / 11.6 / 11.7 / 11.6 .E3 : 0822 : / 11.4 / 11.1 / 10.6 / 10.2 .E4 : 0823 : / 9.8 / 9.4 / 9.1 / 8.9 .E5 : 0824 : / 8.7 / 8.6 / 8.5 / 8.4 .E6 : 0825 : / 8.3 / 8.2 / 8.1 / 8.0 .E7 : 0826 : / 8.0 / 7.9 / 7.9 / 7.8 .E8 : 0827 : / 7.7 / 7.7 / 7.6 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, PLOI4 :PALO, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 11.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.5 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.5 FTMAJOR STAGE 17.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 8.2 FT AT 0015 Z ON AUG 21 .AR :CREST: PLOI4 0824 Z DC202508210127/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 11.4 :Crest near 11.4 FT around 00 Z on Sun, Aug 24 .ER PLOI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 8.4 .E2 : 0821 : / 8.6 / 8.8 / 9.0 / 9.3 .E3 : 0822 : / 9.7 / 10.1 / 10.5 / 10.8 .E4 : 0823 : / 11.1 / 11.3 / 11.4 / 11.4 .E5 : 0824 : / 11.3 / 11.1 / 10.9 / 10.5 .E6 : 0825 : / 10.1 / 9.7 / 9.4 / 9.1 .E7 : 0826 : / 8.8 / 8.6 / 8.3 / 8.1 .E8 : 0827 : / 7.9 / 7.8 / 7.6 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CIDI4 :CEDAR RAPIDS , IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 10.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 14.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 7.5 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 21 .AR :CREST: CIDI4 0824 Z DC202508210127/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 11.3 :Crest near 11.3 FT around 06 Z on Sun, Aug 24 .ER CIDI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 7.6 .E2 : 0821 : / 7.8 / 8.0 / 8.3 / 8.6 .E3 : 0822 : / 9.0 / 9.5 / 9.9 / 10.4 .E4 : 0823 : / 10.7 / 11.0 / 11.2 / 11.3 .E5 : 0824 : / 11.3 / 11.2 / 11.0 / 10.7 .E6 : 0825 : / 10.2 / 9.7 / 9.2 / 8.7 .E7 : 0826 : / 8.4 / 8.1 / 7.8 / 7.4 .E8 : 0827 : / 7.2 / 7.0 / 6.8 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CEBI4 :CEDAR BLUFF, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 16.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 20.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 26.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.1 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 21 .AR :CREST: CEBI4 0824 Z DC202508210127/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 13.6 :Crest near 13.6 FT around 18 Z on Sun, Aug 24 .ER CEBI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 9.2 .E2 : 0821 : / 9.4 / 9.6 / 9.8 / 10.0 .E3 : 0822 : / 10.3 / 10.7 / 11.1 / 11.6 .E4 : 0823 : / 12.0 / 12.5 / 12.9 / 13.2 .E5 : 0824 : / 13.5 / 13.6 / 13.5 / 13.3 .E6 : 0825 : / 13.0 / 12.5 / 12.1 / 11.6 .E7 : 0826 : / 11.1 / 10.7 / 10.4 / 10.1 .E8 : 0827 : / 9.8 / 9.5 / 9.2 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CNEI4 :CONESVILLE 4NE, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 13.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.9 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 21 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 03 Z ON 08/25/2025 .AR :CREST: CNEI4 0825 Z DC202508210127/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 13.3 :Crest near 13.3 FT around 18 Z on Mon, Aug 25 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 08/26/2025 .ER CNEI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 9.8 .E2 : 0821 : / 9.8 / 9.8 / 9.9 / 10.1 .E3 : 0822 : / 10.3 / 10.4 / 10.7 / 10.9 .E4 : 0823 : / 11.1 / 11.4 / 11.7 / 12.0 .E5 : 0824 : / 12.4 / 12.6 / 12.9 / 13.1 .E6 : 0825 : / 13.2 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.2 .E7 : 0826 : / 13.1 / 12.9 / 12.6 / 12.3 .E8 : 0827 : / 12.0 / 11.6 / 11.3 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :IOWA RIVER, WAPI4 :WAPELLO, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 18.5 FTMINOR STAGE 21.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 25.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 27.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 16.9 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 21 .AR :CREST: WAPI4 0826 Z DC202508210127/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 19.4 :Crest near 19.4 FT around 12 Z on Tue, Aug 26 .ER WAPI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 16.8 .E2 : 0821 : / 16.7 / 16.7 / 16.7 / 16.7 .E3 : 0822 : / 16.8 / 16.9 / 17.0 / 17.1 .E4 : 0823 : / 17.2 / 17.3 / 17.4 / 17.6 .E5 : 0824 : / 17.8 / 18.0 / 18.2 / 18.4 .E6 : 0825 : / 18.7 / 18.9 / 19.2 / 19.3 .E7 : 0826 : / 19.4 / 19.4 / 19.4 / 19.3 .E8 : 0827 : / 19.1 / 18.8 / 18.6 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :IOWA RIVER, OKVI4 :OAKVILLE, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 8.0 FTMINOR STAGE 11.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 20.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 7.2 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 21 .AR :CREST: OKVI4 0826 Z DC202508210127/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 9.5 :Crest near 9.5 FT around 18 Z on Tue, Aug 26 .ER OKVI4 0821 Z DC202508210127/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0820 : / 7.1 .E2 : 0821 : / 7.0 / 7.0 / 7.0 / 7.0 .E3 : 0822 : / 7.0 / 7.1 / 7.2 / 7.3 .E4 : 0823 : / 7.4 / 7.5 / 7.6 / 7.7 .E5 : 0824 : / 7.9 / 8.0 / 8.2 / 8.5 .E6 : 0825 : / 8.7 / 8.9 / 9.2 / 9.3 .E7 : 0826 : / 9.4 / 9.5 / 9.5 / 9.4 .E8 : 0827 : / 9.2 / 9.0 / 8.7 : : ***THE TABLE BELOW IS THE QPF FOR THE LOCAL DRAINAGE : AREA AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE QPF FOR ANY UPSTREAM : WATERSHEDS*** : :QPF (IN) / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z : 0820 / 0.00 : 0821 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 22 is 0.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2534 : :...END of MESSAGE...