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Hydrometeorological Forecast Discussion
NWS North Central River Forecast Center Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1151 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 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                 2025-04-19 14:32 UTC
DES Des Moines R Basin                 2025-04-19 13:44 UTC
EWS Ern Wisconsin Basins to Lk MI      2025-04-19 14:04 UTC
GND Grand, Muskegon/White Basins, MI   2025-04-19 12:35 UTC
ILO Mainstem Illinois R                2025-04-19 15:15 UTC
KBM Kaskaskia and Big Muddy R Basin    2025-04-19 15:18 UTC
KSJ Kalamazoo/St Joseph Bsns-MI & IN   2025-04-19 12:36 UTC
M10 Miss. R - Lake City, MN-L&D 10     2025-04-19 14:16 UTC
M19 Miss. R - L&D 11-Gregory Landing   2025-04-19 14:49 UTC
MEC Meramec R Basin                    2025-04-19 15:18 UTC
MEN Menominee R - NE WI & U.P. of MI   2025-04-19 12:08 UTC
MIS Miss. R - L&D 20 to Chester, IL    2025-04-19 15:33 UTC
NLM Northern Lower Michigan rivers     2025-04-19 12:07 UTC
RCK Rock R Basin                       2025-04-19 13:44 UTC
RDW Mississippi R abv Red Wing, MN     2025-04-19 13:28 UTC
TIA Misc Iowa Tribs to Miss. R         2025-04-19 12:59 UTC
UPM Upper Michigan Peninsula rivers    2025-04-19 12:57 UTC
WIS Wisconsin R Basin                  2025-04-19 13:43 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   21.0
KBM MURI2 Murphysboro - 2SW-WWTP/Rte 127-Big Muddy R      22.0   24.6
MEC SEEM7 Steelville - 2N - Meramec R                     12.0   13.7
MEC SLLM7 Sullivan - 4SE - Meramec R                      11.0   16.8
MEC UNNM7 Union - Bourbeuse R                             15.0   16.4
MEC PCFM7 Pacific - Meramec R                             15.0   17.5
MEC BYRM7 Byrnesville - 2NNE - Big R                      16.0   17.7
MEC ERKM7 Eureka - 2E - Meramec R                         19.0   22.2
MEC VLLM7 Valley Park - Meramec R                         18.0   19.7
MEC FNNM7 Fenton - 1E                                     23.0   23.5
UPM ALSM4 Alston - 5SE - Sturgeon R                        8.0    8.1

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   14.5
CIW TRCM5 Austin - 3NW - Turtle Cr                        10.5    8.5
EWS SHIW3 Shiocton - Wolf R                               11.0    9.4
EWS NEWW3 New London - 2SE - Wolf R                        9.0    7.2
KSJ VCKM4 Vicksburg - 2E - Portage R                       5.0    4.5
KSJ CPEI3 Cosperville - N Br Elkhart R                     6.0    5.3
KSJ NILM4 Niles - WWTP - St Joseph R                      11.0    7.3
MEC ARNM7 Arnold - 1N - Meramec R                         24.0   22.7
MEN MCAW3 Wausaukee - 15E - Menominee R                   15.0   12.4
WIS NCAW3 Necedah - Yellow R                              15.0   12.8
WIS PORW3 Portage - 1SE - WWTP / Wisconsin R              17.0   12.7

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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
SPTI4    DH1200/PPDRZ  0.11 : Strawberry Point                    IA
IAAL07   DH1200/PPDRZ  0.09 : Harpers Ferry 6SSW                  IA
MBRI4    DH1200/PPDRG  0.09 : Marquette                           IA
IACT08   DH1100/PPDRZ  0.09 : Elkader 7WSW                        IA
MHRI4    DH1200/PPDRZ  0.09 : Manchester No. 2 - WWTP             IA

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Illinois:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
ILSC26   DH1100/PPDRZ  1.67 : Mascoutah 2SSE                      IL
BLV      DH1155/PPDRZ  1.64 : Belleville 7ENE - Scott AFB         IL
ILMO04   DH1200/PPDRZ  1.53 : Fults 4ENE                          IL
HEKI2    DH1200/PPDRG  1.49 : Hecker 2NE                          IL
ILCT09   DH1124/PPDRZ  1.48 : Breese 1NNE                         IL

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Indiana:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
INJS47   DH1300/PPDRZ  0.64 : Remington                           IN
INJS49   DH1200/PPDRZ  0.63 : De Motte 4SW                        IN
INJS32   DH1200/PPDRZ  0.53 : Rensselaer 6SE                      IN
INNW01   DH1300/PPDRZ  0.37 : Mount Ayr 2NNE                      IN
MORI3    DH1100/PPDRZ  0.35 : Morocco 1 NW                        IN

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Michigan:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
MIKN77   DH1300/PPDRZ  1.91 : Comstock Park 1NNW                  MI
MIKN65   DH1100/PPDRZ  1.80 : Belmont 1WNW                        MI
MIKN08   DH1200/PPDRZ  1.73 : Grand Rapids 3NNE                   MI
RFDM4    DH1100/PPDRZ  1.67 : Rockford                            MI
MIOW63   DH1100/PPDRZ  1.65 : Walker 5W                           MI

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Minnesota:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
MNWG20   DH1230/PPDRZ  0.04 : Stillwater 1NE                      MN
MNSC25   DH1200/PPDRZ  0.04 : Elko New Market 5WNW                MN
MNWG98   DH1100/PPDRZ  0.03 : Oak Park Heights 1WSW               MN
MNDK118  DH1100/PPDRZ  0.03 : Hastings 1S                         MN
MNWG136  DH1116/PPDRZ  0.03 : Stillwater 1SE                      MN

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Missouri:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
MOPH37   DH1200/PPDRZ  2.33 : Rolla 8SSE                          MO
MOPH28   DH1200/PPDRZ  2.29 : Rolla 8SSE                          MO
MODT14   DH1300/PPDRZ  1.94 : Salem 4E                            MO
SLLM7    DH1200/PPDRG  1.73 : Sullivan 4SE                        MO
MOWS02   DH1300/PPDRZ  1.70 : Potosi 3W                           MO

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from North Dakota:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
NGTN8    DH1200/PPDRG  0.01 : Northgate 5ESE (CRN)                ND
FAR      DH1153/PPDRZ 0.001 : Fargo - Hector Field                ND
MOT      DH1154/PPDRZ 0.001 : Minot Intl Arpt                     ND
MIB      DH1155/PPDRZ 0.001 : Minot AFB                           ND

No measureable precipitation reported within the NCRFC area
of South Dakota during the last 24 hours.

Top daily precipitation reports greater than zero from Wisconsin:
LID      OBTIME/SHEF  VALUE   NAME / DETAIL                     STATE
WIWK81   DH1200/PPDRZ  1.55 : Menomonee Falls 2NE                 WI
WIWK95   DH1230/PPDRZ  1.53 : Merton 1ENE                         WI
BFDW3    DH1130/PPDRZ  1.50 : Brookfield                          WI
WIMW14   DH1100/PPDRZ  1.45 : Milwaukee 4NNW                      WI
WIWK61   DH1150/PPDRZ  1.43 : Hartland 5NNE                       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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