River Forecast
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030 FGUS53 KMSR 180155 RVFM10 RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 855 PM CDT SUN AUG 17 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 M10 : : FORECASTS INCLUDE 24-HOURS OF FUTURE PRECIPITATION (QPF) IN 6 HOUR INCREMENTS : :************************************************************ :UPPER IOWA RIVER, DCHI4 :DORCHESTER HWY 76, IA - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 11.0 FTMINOR STAGE 14.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 17.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 19.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.9 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 .AR :CREST: DCHI4 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 12.1 :Crest near 12.1 FT around 12 Z on Mon, Aug 18 .ER DCHI4 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 11.8 .E2 : 0818 : / 12.1 / 12.0 / 11.4 / 11.0 .E3 : 0819 : / 10.9 / 10.8 / 10.6 / 10.4 .E4 : 0820 : / 10.1 / 9.9 / 9.6 / 9.5 .E5 : 0821 : / 9.3 / 9.2 / 9.2 / 9.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.9 / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.7 .E7 : 0823 : / 8.6 / 8.5 / 8.5 / 8.4 .E8 : 0824 : / 8.4 / 8.4 / 8.3 : : ***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 : 0817 / 0.02 : 0818 / 0.14 / 0.27 / 0.05 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.48 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER , LKCM5 :LAKE CITY -LAKE PEPIN, MN - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 13.0 FTMINOR STAGE 16.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 18.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 20.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 8.3 FT AT 0115 Z ON AUG 18 .ER LKCM5 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 8.4 .E2 : 0818 : / 8.4 / 8.4 / 8.4 / 8.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.5 / 8.5 / 8.6 / 8.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.8 .E5 : 0821 : / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.9 / 8.9 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.9 / 9.0 / 9.0 / 9.0 .E7 : 0823 : / 9.1 / 9.1 / 9.1 / 9.2 .E8 : 0824 : / 9.2 / 9.2 / 9.3 : : ***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 : 0817 / 0.07 : 0818 / 0.66 / 0.09 / 0.05 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.87 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WABM5 :WABASHA (POOL 4 CP), MN - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 10.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 14.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 8.2 FT AT 0115 Z ON AUG 18 .ER WABM5 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 8.3 .E2 : 0818 : / 8.3 / 8.3 / 8.4 / 8.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.4 / 8.4 / 8.5 / 8.5 .E4 : 0820 : / 8.5 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.6 .E5 : 0821 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.8 .E7 : 0823 : / 8.8 / 8.9 / 8.9 / 8.9 .E8 : 0824 : / 8.9 / 8.9 / 8.9 : : ***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 : 0817 / 0.07 : 0818 / 0.66 / 0.09 / 0.05 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.87 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, WNAM5 :WINONA, MN - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 11.0 FTMINOR STAGE 13.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 18.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 6.4 FT AT 0045 Z ON AUG 18 .ER WNAM5 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 6.4 .E2 : 0818 : / 6.4 / 6.4 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.7 / 6.7 .E5 : 0821 : / 6.7 / 6.7 / 6.7 / 6.7 .E6 : 0822 : / 6.7 / 6.7 / 6.7 / 6.7 .E7 : 0823 : / 6.8 / 6.8 / 6.8 / 6.8 .E8 : 0824 : / 6.8 / 6.8 / 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 : 0817 / 0.01 : 0818 / 0.32 / 0.12 / 0.14 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.59 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LACW3 :LA CROSSE (POOL 8 CP), WI - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 10.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 13.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 15.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 6.4 FT AT 0115 Z ON AUG 18 .ER LACW3 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 6.5 .E2 : 0818 : / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 / 6.5 .E3 : 0819 : / 6.5 / 6.6 / 6.6 / 6.7 .E4 : 0820 : / 6.7 / 6.8 / 6.8 / 6.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 6.9 / 6.9 / 6.9 / 6.9 .E6 : 0822 : / 6.9 / 6.9 / 6.9 / 6.9 .E7 : 0823 : / 6.9 / 6.9 / 6.9 / 6.9 .E8 : 0824 : / 6.8 / 6.8 / 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 : 0817 / 0.00 : 0818 / 0.21 / 0.12 / 0.11 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.44 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, GENW3 :GENOA L&D 8, WI - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 625.2 FTMINOR STAGE 631.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 634.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 636.0 FT : :THE TAILWATER STAGE WAS 624.1 FT AT 0115 Z ON AUG 18 .ER GENW3 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 624.0 .E2 : 0818 : / 624.0 / 624.1 / 624.2 / 624.3 .E3 : 0819 : / 624.4 / 624.5 / 624.6 / 624.7 .E4 : 0820 : / 624.8 / 624.9 / 625.0 / 625.1 .E5 : 0821 : / 625.1 / 625.1 / 625.1 / 625.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 625.1 / 625.1 / 625.1 / 625.1 .E7 : 0823 : / 625.1 / 625.0 / 625.0 / 625.0 .E8 : 0824 : / 625.0 / 625.0 / 625.0 : : ***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 : 0817 / 0.00 : 0818 / 0.18 / 0.15 / 0.12 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.45 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, LNSI4 :LANSING (POOL 9 CP), IA - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 17.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 19.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 20.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 8.5 FT AT 0115 Z ON AUG 18 .ER LNSI4 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 8.5 .E2 : 0818 : / 8.5 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.6 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.6 .E4 : 0820 : / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.7 .E5 : 0821 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 .E7 : 0823 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 / 8.7 .E8 : 0824 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 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 : 0817 / 0.01 : 0818 / 0.15 / 0.20 / 0.13 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.49 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MCGI4 :MCGREGOR, IA - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 13.0 FTMINOR STAGE 16.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 19.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 22.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.1 FT AT 0045 Z ON AUG 18 .ER MCGI4 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 9.1 .E2 : 0818 : / 9.1 / 9.1 / 9.1 / 9.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 9.1 / 9.2 / 9.2 / 9.3 .E4 : 0820 : / 9.3 / 9.3 / 9.4 / 9.4 .E5 : 0821 : / 9.4 / 9.5 / 9.5 / 9.6 .E6 : 0822 : / 9.6 / 9.6 / 9.7 / 9.7 .E7 : 0823 : / 9.7 / 9.7 / 9.7 / 9.7 .E8 : 0824 : / 9.7 / 9.7 / 9.6 : : ***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 : 0817 / 0.01 : 0818 / 0.21 / 0.11 / 0.04 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.37 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MISSISSIPPI RIVER, GTTI4 :GUTTENBERG L&D 10, IA - ARX : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 15.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 18.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 21.0 FT : :THE TAILWATER STAGE WAS 8.0 FT AT 0100 Z ON AUG 18 .ER GTTI4 0818 Z DC202508180155/DH06/HTIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 8.0 .E2 : 0818 : / 8.0 / 8.0 / 8.0 / 8.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 8.1 / 8.1 / 8.2 / 8.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 8.3 / 8.3 / 8.4 / 8.4 .E5 : 0821 : / 8.5 / 8.6 / 8.6 / 8.7 .E6 : 0822 : / 8.7 / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.8 .E7 : 0823 : / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.8 / 8.7 .E8 : 0824 : / 8.7 / 8.7 / 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 : 0817 / 0.00 : 0818 / 0.07 / 0.08 / 0.11 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.26 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2539 : :...END of MESSAGE...