River Forecast
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622 FGUS53 KMSR 311438 RVFCIW RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 938 AM CDT FRI JUL 31 2026 : 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 9.3 FT AT 1330 Z ON JUL 31 .AR :CREST: LANM5 0802 Z DC202607311438/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 15.5 :Crest near 15.5 FT around 00 Z on Sun, Aug 2 .ER LANM5 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 9.7 / 11.3 / 13.4 .E2 : 0801 : / 14.8 / 15.4 / 15.5 / 15.3 .E3 : 0802 : / 14.7 / 14.0 / 13.3 / 12.7 .E4 : 0803 : / 12.2 / 11.8 / 11.5 / 11.2 .E5 : 0804 : / 11.0 / 10.8 / 10.6 / 10.5 .E6 : 0805 : / 10.4 / 10.3 / 10.2 / 10.1 .E7 : 0806 : / 10.1 / 10.1 / 10.0 / 10.0 .E8 : 0807 : / 10.0 : : ***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 : 0731 / 1.75 / 0.88 / 0.10 : 0801 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 2.73 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 2.0 FT AT 1330 Z ON JUL 31 .AR :CREST: TRCM5 0801 Z DC202607311438/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 9.0 :Crest near 9.0 FT around 18 Z on Sat, Aug 1 .ER TRCM5 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 4.0 / 6.4 / 8.1 .E2 : 0801 : / 8.9 / 9.0 / 8.7 / 8.3 .E3 : 0802 : / 7.8 / 7.2 / 6.6 / 6.2 .E4 : 0803 : / 5.8 / 5.5 / 5.3 / 5.1 .E5 : 0804 : / 5.0 / 4.9 / 4.8 / 4.7 .E6 : 0805 : / 4.7 / 4.6 / 4.5 / 4.5 .E7 : 0806 : / 4.4 / 4.4 / 4.3 / 4.3 .E8 : 0807 : / 4.2 : : ***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 : 0731 / 1.85 / 0.72 / 0.06 : 0801 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 2.63 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 2.8 FT AT 1330 Z ON JUL 31 .AR :CREST: CCYI4 0802 Z DC202607311438/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 9.8 :Crest near 9.8 FT around 12 Z on Sun, Aug 2 .ER CCYI4 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 2.9 / 3.1 / 3.6 .E2 : 0801 : / 4.4 / 6.0 / 7.8 / 9.1 .E3 : 0802 : / 9.8 / 9.8 / 9.5 / 8.9 .E4 : 0803 : / 8.2 / 7.5 / 6.8 / 6.2 .E5 : 0804 : / 5.7 / 5.3 / 4.9 / 4.6 .E6 : 0805 : / 4.4 / 4.2 / 4.1 / 4.0 .E7 : 0806 : / 3.9 / 3.8 / 3.8 / 3.7 .E8 : 0807 : / 3.7 : : ***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 : 0731 / 1.34 / 0.70 / 0.18 : 0801 / 0.05 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 2.27 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :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 80.3 FT AT 1245 Z ON JUL 31 .AR :CREST: CEDI4 0804 Z DC202607311438/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 86.3 :Crest near 86.3 FT around 12 Z on Tue, Aug 4 .ER CEDI4 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 80.3 / 80.3 / 80.4 .E2 : 0801 : / 80.6 / 80.9 / 81.3 / 81.7 .E3 : 0802 : / 81.9 / 82.1 / 82.3 / 82.8 .E4 : 0803 : / 83.5 / 84.4 / 85.3 / 86.0 .E5 : 0804 : / 86.3 / 86.1 / 85.7 / 85.0 .E6 : 0805 : / 84.3 / 83.6 / 83.0 / 82.5 .E7 : 0806 : / 82.0 / 81.7 / 81.4 / 81.2 .E8 : 0807 : / 81.0 : : ***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 : 0731 / 0.65 / 0.31 / 0.19 : 0801 / 0.19 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 1.34 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 6.7 FT AT 1300 Z ON JUL 31 .AR :CREST: ALOI4 0804 Z DC202607311438/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 9.2 :Crest near 9.2 FT around 12 Z on Tue, Aug 4 .ER ALOI4 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 6.7 / 6.7 / 6.7 .E2 : 0801 : / 6.8 / 6.9 / 7.0 / 7.2 .E3 : 0802 : / 7.3 / 7.5 / 7.5 / 7.6 .E4 : 0803 : / 7.8 / 8.1 / 8.5 / 8.9 .E5 : 0804 : / 9.2 / 9.2 / 9.1 / 8.9 .E6 : 0805 : / 8.5 / 8.2 / 7.9 / 7.6 .E7 : 0806 : / 7.4 / 7.2 / 7.1 / 7.0 .E8 : 0807 : / 6.9 : : ***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 : 0731 / 0.61 / 0.21 / 0.18 : 0801 / 0.14 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 1.14 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 5.3 FT AT 1300 Z ON JUL 31 .ER CIDI4 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 5.4 / 5.5 / 5.6 .E2 : 0801 : / 5.7 / 5.9 / 6.1 / 6.3 .E3 : 0802 : / 6.4 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E4 : 0803 : / 6.5 / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.6 .E5 : 0804 : / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.7 / 6.8 .E6 : 0805 : / 6.9 / 7.0 / 7.2 / 7.4 .E7 : 0806 : / 7.6 / 7.6 / 7.5 / 7.1 .E8 : 0807 : / 6.6 : : ***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 : 0731 / 0.85 / 0.25 / 0.45 : 0801 / 0.40 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 1.95 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :IOWA RIVER, IOWI4 :IOWA CITY NO. 2, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 21.0 FTMINOR STAGE 23.5 FT :MODERATE STAGE 24.5 FTMAJOR STAGE 26.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 10.9 FT AT 1300 Z ON JUL 31 .ER IOWI4 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 10.9 / 11.0 / 11.0 .E2 : 0801 : / 11.2 / 11.4 / 11.6 / 11.6 .E3 : 0802 : / 11.5 / 11.7 / 11.9 / 11.9 .E4 : 0803 : / 11.9 / 11.9 / 11.9 / 11.9 .E5 : 0804 : / 11.9 / 11.8 / 11.8 / 11.8 .E6 : 0805 : / 11.8 / 11.7 / 11.6 / 11.6 .E7 : 0806 : / 11.6 / 11.5 / 11.4 / 11.4 .E8 : 0807 : / 11.4 : : ***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 : 0731 / 0.79 / 0.44 / 0.29 : 0801 / 0.41 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 1.93 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 14.0 FT AT 1300 Z ON JUL 31 .ER WAPI4 0731 Z DC202607311438/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0731 : / 14.0 / 13.9 / 13.9 .E2 : 0801 : / 13.9 / 13.9 / 13.9 / 14.0 .E3 : 0802 : / 14.1 / 14.3 / 14.5 / 14.7 .E4 : 0803 : / 15.0 / 15.3 / 15.6 / 15.8 .E5 : 0804 : / 16.0 / 16.2 / 16.3 / 16.4 .E6 : 0805 : / 16.5 / 16.5 / 16.5 / 16.4 .E7 : 0806 : / 16.4 / 16.3 / 16.3 / 16.2 .E8 : 0807 : / 16.2 : : ***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 : 0731 / 0.78 / 0.24 / 0.17 : 0801 / 0.22 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 01 is 1.41 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2533 : :...END of MESSAGE...