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Hydrometeorological Discussion
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HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1117 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2014

...PRECIPITATION...
DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS...NARROW BANDS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS FELL FROM AROUND EAU CLAIRE WI THROUGH OSHKOSH WI TO
FLINT MI...ALONG I-80/I-88 FROM NEAR SOUTH BEND IN THROUGH
SOUTHERN CHICAGO IL TO THE QUAD CITIES IA/IL...AROUND BURLINGTON
IA...DES MOINES IA...SPENCER IA...AND AROUND DETROIT LAKES MN.
MOST REPORTS WERE LIGHT AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...BUT
RANGED UP TO AN INCH IN LOCAL THUNDERSTORMS.  THE HIGHEST REPORT
WAS 1.57 INCHES FROM THE CHICAGO NWS OFFICE IN ROMEOVILLE IL.

DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN...MOSTLY LESS THAN
A QUARTER INCH...TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THE EASTERN HALF OF
IOWA...MUCH OF WISCONSIN AND LOWER MICHIGAN...ILLINOIS AND
MISSOURI.

...HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS...
CONTINUED WIDESREAD DRY WEATHER OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS OR SO HAS
ALLOWED ALL OF THE RIVERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DRAINAGE TO
FALL BACK WITHIN THEIR BANKS. THE ONLY RIVER REMAINING ABOVE FLOOD
IN THE NCRFC AREA NOW IS THE SOURIS RIVER IN NORTH-CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...WHERE LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO SLOWLY FALL FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

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

EMERGENCY CALL BACK LIST: DOH JDT LNE

IF NO RESPONSE FROM THIS LIST... CALL THE DOH...SCH OR HIC.

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...LNE/JDT...

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