River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
884 FGUS53 KMSR 180147 RVFMIN RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 847 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 MIN : : FORECASTS INCLUDE 24-HOURS OF FUTURE PRECIPITATION (QPF) IN 6 HOUR INCREMENTS : :************************************************************ :WEST BRANCH LAC QUI PARLE RIVER, DAWM5 :DAWSON, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 36.0 FTMINOR STAGE 39.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 40.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 42.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 33.8 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 .AR :CREST: DAWM5 0820 Z DC202508180147/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 37.4 :Crest near 37.4 FT around 18 Z on Wed, Aug 20 .ER DAWM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 34.0 .E2 : 0818 : / 34.3 / 34.5 / 34.8 / 35.0 .E3 : 0819 : / 35.3 / 35.8 / 36.3 / 36.9 .E4 : 0820 : / 37.3 / 37.4 / 37.3 / 37.0 .E5 : 0821 : / 36.7 / 36.4 / 36.0 / 35.6 .E6 : 0822 : / 35.3 / 35.1 / 34.9 / 34.8 .E7 : 0823 : / 34.6 / 34.5 / 34.4 / 34.3 .E8 : 0824 : / 34.2 / 34.1 / 34.1 : : ***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 / 0.75 : 0818 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.75 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, MVOM5 :MONTEVIDEO, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 14.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 16.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 17.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 15.6 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 .ER MVOM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 15.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 15.8 / 15.9 / 16.0 / 16.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 16.2 / 16.3 / 16.4 / 16.5 .E4 : 0820 : / 16.6 / 16.7 / 16.8 / 16.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 16.9 / 16.9 / 16.9 / 16.9 .E6 : 0822 : / 16.9 / 16.9 / 16.9 / 16.9 .E7 : 0823 : / 16.9 / 16.9 / 16.8 / 16.8 .E8 : 0824 : / 16.8 / 16.7 / 16.7 : : ***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 / 1.22 : 0818 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 1.23 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, GTEM5 :GRANITE FALLS, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 883.0 FTMINOR STAGE 885.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 889.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 892.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 885.0 FT AT 2315 Z ON AUG 17 .ER GTEM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 885.2 .E2 : 0818 : / 885.3 / 885.4 / 885.6 / 885.8 .E3 : 0819 : / 885.9 / 886.0 / 886.1 / 886.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 886.3 / 886.4 / 886.5 / 886.6 .E5 : 0821 : / 886.6 / 886.6 / 886.6 / 886.6 .E6 : 0822 : / 886.6 / 886.6 / 886.6 / 886.6 .E7 : 0823 : / 886.6 / 886.6 / 886.5 / 886.5 .E8 : 0824 : / 886.5 / 886.4 / 886.4 : : ***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 : 0817 / 1.22 : 0818 / 0.01 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 1.23 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :REDWOOD RIVER, MSHM5 :MARSHALL 1W, MN - FSD : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 14.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 17.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 18.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 9.6 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 .ER MSHM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 9.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 10.3 / 10.7 / 11.0 / 11.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 10.9 / 10.7 / 10.4 / 10.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 9.9 / 9.7 / 9.6 / 9.5 .E5 : 0821 : / 9.3 / 9.3 / 9.2 / 9.2 .E6 : 0822 : / 9.2 / 9.2 / 9.1 / 9.1 .E7 : 0823 : / 9.1 / 9.1 / 9.0 / 9.0 .E8 : 0824 : / 9.0 / 9.0 / 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 / 0.56 : 0818 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.56 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :REDWOOD RIVER, RWDM5 :REDWOOD FALLS 3SW, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 5.0 FTMINOR STAGE 6.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 3.4 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 12 Z ON 08/19/2025 .AR :CREST: RWDM5 0820 Z DC202508180147/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 7.0 :Crest near 7.0 FT around 18 Z on Wed, Aug 20 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 00 Z ON 08/23/2025 .ER RWDM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 3.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 4.2 / 4.7 / 5.1 / 5.6 .E3 : 0819 : / 6.0 / 6.3 / 6.6 / 6.8 .E4 : 0820 : / 6.9 / 7.0 / 7.0 / 7.0 .E5 : 0821 : / 7.0 / 6.9 / 6.8 / 6.6 .E6 : 0822 : / 6.4 / 6.2 / 6.0 / 5.8 .E7 : 0823 : / 5.6 / 5.4 / 5.2 / 5.0 .E8 : 0824 : / 4.9 / 4.7 / 4.5 : : ***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 : 0817 / 0.95 : 0818 / 0.05 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 1.00 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, MTNM5 :MORTON 1SW, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 18.0 FTMINOR STAGE 21.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 23.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 26.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 22.0 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 .AR :CREST: MTNM5 0821 Z DC202508180147/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 25.4 :Crest near 25.4 FT around 06 Z on Thu, Aug 21 .ER MTNM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 22.2 .E2 : 0818 : / 22.6 / 23.0 / 23.4 / 23.7 .E3 : 0819 : / 24.1 / 24.4 / 24.7 / 24.9 .E4 : 0820 : / 25.1 / 25.2 / 25.3 / 25.4 .E5 : 0821 : / 25.4 / 25.3 / 25.3 / 25.2 .E6 : 0822 : / 25.1 / 25.0 / 25.0 / 24.9 .E7 : 0823 : / 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.7 / 24.6 .E8 : 0824 : / 24.6 / 24.5 / 24.4 : : ***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 : 0817 / 1.24 : 0818 / 0.14 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 1.38 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, NULM5 :NEW ULM 2SE, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 796.0 FTMINOR STAGE 800.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 804.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 806.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 794.9 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 18 Z ON 08/22/2025 .AR :CREST: NULM5 0824 Z DC202508180147/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 802.0 :Crest near 802.0 FT around 18 Z on Sun, Aug 24 .ER NULM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 794.9 .E2 : 0818 : / 795.0 / 795.1 / 795.2 / 795.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 795.6 / 795.7 / 796.0 / 796.2 .E4 : 0820 : / 796.4 / 796.7 / 797.0 / 797.4 .E5 : 0821 : / 797.8 / 798.2 / 798.7 / 799.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 799.6 / 800.0 / 800.5 / 800.8 .E7 : 0823 : / 801.2 / 801.4 / 801.6 / 801.8 .E8 : 0824 : / 801.9 / 802.0 / 802.0 : : ***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 / 0.70 : 0818 / 0.09 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.80 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :COTTONWOOD RIVER, SPFM5 :SPRINGFIELD 4SW, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 19.0 FTMINOR STAGE 22.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 27.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 32.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 20.5 FT AT 0030 Z ON AUG 18 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 18 Z ON 08/22/2025 .ER SPFM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 23.2 .E2 : 0818 : / 25.0 / 26.4 / 27.1 / 27.6 .E3 : 0819 : / 27.9 / 27.9 / 27.7 / 27.4 .E4 : 0820 : / 27.1 / 26.8 / 26.4 / 26.0 .E5 : 0821 : / 25.5 / 24.9 / 24.2 / 23.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 22.7 / 22.0 / 21.3 / 20.6 .E7 : 0823 : / 20.0 / 19.5 / 18.9 / 18.3 .E8 : 0824 : / 17.8 / 17.4 / 17.0 : : ***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 / 0.42 : 0818 / 0.09 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.51 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :COTTONWOOD RIVER, NWUM5 :NEW ULM 2SSE, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 9.0 FTMINOR STAGE 11.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 13.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 4.3 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 21 Z ON 08/19/2025 .AR :CREST: NWUM5 0821 Z DC202508180147/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 12.4 :Crest near 12.4 FT around 00 Z on Thu, Aug 21 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 08/22/2025 .ER NWUM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 4.6 .E2 : 0818 : / 5.5 / 6.4 / 7.7 / 8.7 .E3 : 0819 : / 9.7 / 10.5 / 11.2 / 11.7 .E4 : 0820 : / 12.1 / 12.3 / 12.4 / 12.3 .E5 : 0821 : / 12.1 / 12.0 / 11.8 / 11.5 .E6 : 0822 : / 11.2 / 10.8 / 10.5 / 10.1 .E7 : 0823 : / 9.7 / 9.3 / 9.0 / 8.6 .E8 : 0824 : / 8.3 / 8.0 / 7.7 : : ***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 / 0.46 : 0818 / 0.11 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.58 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, MNKM5 :MANKATO, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 15.0 FTMINOR STAGE 22.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 25.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 30.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 12.2 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 .AR :CREST: MNKM5 0824 Z DC202508180147/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 18.3 :Crest near 18.3 FT around 06 Z on Sun, Aug 24 .ER MNKM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 12.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 13.5 / 14.2 / 14.8 / 15.4 .E3 : 0819 : / 15.9 / 16.3 / 16.7 / 17.0 .E4 : 0820 : / 17.3 / 17.5 / 17.7 / 17.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 18.0 / 18.1 / 18.1 / 18.2 .E6 : 0822 : / 18.2 / 18.2 / 18.2 / 18.2 .E7 : 0823 : / 18.2 / 18.2 / 18.2 / 18.3 .E8 : 0824 : / 18.3 / 18.3 / 18.3 : : ***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 / 0.39 : 0818 / 0.14 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.54 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, HENM5 :HENDERSON, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 727.0 FTMINOR STAGE 732.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 736.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 739.5 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 727.9 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 09 Z ON 08/23/2025 .ER HENM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 728.0 .E2 : 0818 : / 728.3 / 728.6 / 728.9 / 729.1 .E3 : 0819 : / 729.3 / 729.5 / 729.7 / 729.9 .E4 : 0820 : / 730.2 / 730.4 / 730.6 / 730.9 .E5 : 0821 : / 731.1 / 731.3 / 731.4 / 731.6 .E6 : 0822 : / 731.7 / 731.8 / 731.9 / 732.0 .E7 : 0823 : / 732.0 / 732.1 / 732.1 / 732.1 .E8 : 0824 : / 732.1 / 732.1 / 732.1 : : ***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 / 0.67 : 0818 / 0.28 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 0.96 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :MINNESOTA RIVER, JDNM5 :JORDAN, MN - MPX : :ACTION STAGE 18.0 FTMINOR STAGE 25.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 28.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 34.0 FT : :THE ESTIMATED RIVER STAGE WAS 16.6 FT AT 0000 Z ON AUG 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 18 Z ON 08/24/2025 .ER JDNM5 0818 Z DC202508180147/DH06/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0817 : / 16.7 .E2 : 0818 : / 17.0 / 17.4 / 17.8 / 18.2 .E3 : 0819 : / 18.6 / 19.0 / 19.4 / 19.8 .E4 : 0820 : / 20.2 / 20.7 / 21.2 / 21.7 .E5 : 0821 : / 22.1 / 22.5 / 22.8 / 23.1 .E6 : 0822 : / 23.4 / 23.7 / 23.9 / 24.1 .E7 : 0823 : / 24.4 / 24.5 / 24.7 / 24.8 .E8 : 0824 : / 24.9 / 25.0 / 25.1 : : ***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 / 1.22 : 0818 / 0.50 / 0.01 / 0.00 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Aug 19 is 1.73 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2539 : :...END of MESSAGE...