River Forecast
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402 FGUS53 KMSR 181426 RVFCIW RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 925 AM CDT FRI SEP 18 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 9.4 FT AT 1230 Z ON SEP 18 .AR :CREST: LANM5 0920 Z DC202609181425/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 15.6 :Crest near 15.6 FT around 06 Z on Sun, Sep 20 .ER LANM5 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 9.5 / 9.9 / 11.1 .E2 : 0919 : / 13.0 / 14.5 / 15.3 / 15.6 .E3 : 0920 : / 15.6 / 15.2 / 14.7 / 14.0 .E4 : 0921 : / 13.4 / 12.9 / 12.5 / 12.1 .E5 : 0922 : / 11.8 / 11.5 / 11.3 / 11.1 .E6 : 0923 : / 11.0 / 10.8 / 10.7 / 10.6 .E7 : 0924 : / 10.6 / 10.5 / 10.4 / 10.4 .E8 : 0925 : / 10.3 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.38 / 0.65 / 1.12 : 0919 / 0.48 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 2.63 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 1.9 FT AT 1230 Z ON SEP 18 .AR :CREST: TRCM5 0920 Z DC202609181425/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 10.3 :Crest near 10.3 FT around 06 Z on Sun, Sep 20 .ER TRCM5 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 2.5 / 3.7 / 5.7 .E2 : 0919 : / 7.9 / 9.4 / 10.2 / 10.3 .E3 : 0920 : / 10.1 / 9.7 / 9.1 / 8.5 .E4 : 0921 : / 7.9 / 7.3 / 6.8 / 6.5 .E5 : 0922 : / 6.2 / 5.9 / 5.7 / 5.6 .E6 : 0923 : / 5.4 / 5.3 / 5.2 / 5.1 .E7 : 0924 : / 5.1 / 5.0 / 4.9 / 4.9 .E8 : 0925 : / 4.8 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.45 / 0.50 / 1.17 : 0919 / 0.53 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 2.65 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 2.9 FT AT 1300 Z ON SEP 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 09/20/2026 .AR :CREST: CCYI4 0921 Z DC202609181425/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 13.4 :Crest near 13.4 FT around 06 Z on Mon, Sep 21 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 09/21/2026 .ER CCYI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 2.8 / 2.8 / 3.1 .E2 : 0919 : / 3.8 / 5.2 / 7.4 / 10.0 .E3 : 0920 : / 11.9 / 12.4 / 12.9 / 13.4 .E4 : 0921 : / 13.0 / 11.4 / 9.6 / 8.5 .E5 : 0922 : / 7.6 / 6.9 / 6.3 / 5.8 .E6 : 0923 : / 5.4 / 5.1 / 4.8 / 4.6 .E7 : 0924 : / 4.4 / 4.2 / 4.1 / 4.1 .E8 : 0925 : / 4.0 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.26 / 0.19 / 1.20 : 0919 / 0.65 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 2.30 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, JANI4 :JANESVILLE, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 10.0 FTMINOR STAGE 13.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 18.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 2.1 FT AT 1245 Z ON SEP 18 .AR :CREST: JANI4 0922 Z DC202609181425/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 10.5 :Crest near 10.5 FT around 12 Z on Tue, Sep 22 .ER JANI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 2.0 / 2.0 / 2.0 .E2 : 0919 : / 2.2 / 2.6 / 3.3 / 3.7 .E3 : 0920 : / 3.8 / 3.9 / 4.3 / 5.3 .E4 : 0921 : / 6.7 / 8.1 / 9.4 / 10.2 .E5 : 0922 : / 10.5 / 10.3 / 9.4 / 8.1 .E6 : 0923 : / 6.8 / 5.8 / 5.1 / 4.6 .E7 : 0924 : / 4.2 / 3.8 / 3.6 / 3.4 .E8 : 0925 : / 3.2 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.26 / 0.05 / 0.96 : 0919 / 0.87 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 2.14 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :SHELL ROCK RIVER, SHRI4 :SHELL ROCK, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 10.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 16.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 18.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 8.3 FT AT 1245 Z ON SEP 18 .AR :CREST: SHRI4 0921 Z DC202609181425/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 10.5 :Crest near 10.5 FT around 00 Z on Mon, Sep 21 .ER SHRI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 8.3 / 8.3 / 8.4 .E2 : 0919 : / 8.7 / 9.1 / 9.5 / 9.8 .E3 : 0920 : / 10.1 / 10.3 / 10.5 / 10.5 .E4 : 0921 : / 10.5 / 10.4 / 10.3 / 10.2 .E5 : 0922 : / 10.1 / 9.9 / 9.8 / 9.6 .E6 : 0923 : / 9.5 / 9.4 / 9.3 / 9.2 .E7 : 0924 : / 9.1 / 9.0 / 9.0 / 8.9 .E8 : 0925 : / 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 : 0918 / 0.29 / 0.07 / 1.08 : 0919 / 0.66 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 2.10 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 79.7 FT AT 1045 Z ON SEP 18 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 09/22/2026 .AR :CREST: CEDI4 0923 Z DC202609181425/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 89.4 :Crest near 89.4 FT around 00 Z on Wed, Sep 23 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 09 Z ON 09/23/2026 .ER CEDI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 79.7 / 79.7 / 79.7 .E2 : 0919 : / 79.9 / 80.3 / 80.9 / 81.7 .E3 : 0920 : / 82.8 / 83.6 / 84.3 / 84.8 .E4 : 0921 : / 85.6 / 86.5 / 87.4 / 88.1 .E5 : 0922 : / 88.8 / 89.3 / 89.4 / 89.3 .E6 : 0923 : / 88.7 / 87.7 / 86.2 / 84.8 .E7 : 0924 : / 83.8 / 83.2 / 82.8 / 82.4 .E8 : 0925 : / 82.1 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.18 / 0.04 / 0.72 : 0919 / 0.72 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 1.66 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 6.4 FT AT 1200 Z ON SEP 18 .AR :CREST: ALOI4 0923 Z DC202609181425/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 11.1 :Crest near 11.1 FT around 06 Z on Wed, Sep 23 .ER ALOI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 6.4 / 6.4 / 6.4 .E2 : 0919 : / 6.5 / 6.6 / 6.8 / 7.0 .E3 : 0920 : / 7.4 / 7.9 / 8.3 / 8.6 .E4 : 0921 : / 8.9 / 9.2 / 9.6 / 10.0 .E5 : 0922 : / 10.4 / 10.7 / 11.0 / 11.1 .E6 : 0923 : / 10.9 / 10.5 / 9.9 / 9.1 .E7 : 0924 : / 8.4 / 8.0 / 7.7 / 7.5 .E8 : 0925 : / 7.4 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.14 / 0.04 / 0.59 : 0919 / 0.74 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 1.51 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 4.7 FT AT 1200 Z ON SEP 18 .ER CIDI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 4.9 / 5.1 / 5.2 .E2 : 0919 : / 5.5 / 5.7 / 5.7 / 5.8 .E3 : 0920 : / 5.9 / 6.2 / 6.4 / 6.6 .E4 : 0921 : / 6.7 / 6.8 / 6.8 / 6.9 .E5 : 0922 : / 7.1 / 7.3 / 7.4 / 7.6 .E6 : 0923 : / 7.7 / 7.9 / 8.2 / 8.5 .E7 : 0924 : / 8.9 / 9.2 / 9.5 / 9.7 .E8 : 0925 : / 9.7 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.21 / 0.04 / 0.29 : 0919 / 0.94 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 1.48 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CEBI4 :CEDAR BLUFF, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 16.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 20.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 26.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 6.9 FT AT 1300 Z ON SEP 18 .ER CEBI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 7.1 / 7.4 / 7.6 .E2 : 0919 : / 7.9 / 8.3 / 8.6 / 8.9 .E3 : 0920 : / 9.3 / 9.7 / 10.0 / 10.2 .E4 : 0921 : / 10.3 / 10.4 / 10.4 / 10.4 .E5 : 0922 : / 10.4 / 10.4 / 10.5 / 10.6 .E6 : 0923 : / 10.8 / 10.9 / 11.1 / 11.3 .E7 : 0924 : / 11.6 / 12.0 / 12.3 / 12.7 .E8 : 0925 : / 12.9 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.19 / 0.04 / 0.19 : 0919 / 1.01 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 1.43 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :CEDAR RIVER, CNEI4 :CONESVILLE 4NE, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 12.0 FTMINOR STAGE 13.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 15.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 7.5 FT AT 1300 Z ON SEP 18 .ER CNEI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 7.7 / 7.8 / 7.9 .E2 : 0919 : / 8.2 / 8.4 / 8.6 / 9.0 .E3 : 0920 : / 9.3 / 9.7 / 10.0 / 10.3 .E4 : 0921 : / 10.6 / 10.9 / 11.0 / 11.1 .E5 : 0922 : / 11.2 / 11.2 / 11.2 / 11.2 .E6 : 0923 : / 11.2 / 11.2 / 11.3 / 11.4 .E7 : 0924 : / 11.5 / 11.6 / 11.8 / 12.0 .E8 : 0925 : / 12.2 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.18 / 0.02 / 0.10 : 0919 / 0.89 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 1.19 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 12.1 FT AT 1300 Z ON SEP 18 .ER IOWI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 12.1 / 11.8 / 11.6 .E2 : 0919 : / 11.6 / 11.9 / 12.7 / 13.2 .E3 : 0920 : / 13.4 / 13.3 / 13.3 / 13.2 .E4 : 0921 : / 13.2 / 13.1 / 13.1 / 13.1 .E5 : 0922 : / 13.0 / 13.0 / 13.0 / 13.0 .E6 : 0923 : / 13.0 / 13.0 / 13.0 / 12.9 .E7 : 0924 : / 12.9 / 12.9 / 12.9 / 12.9 .E8 : 0925 : / 12.9 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.23 / 0.01 / 0.10 : 0919 / 0.86 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 1.20 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 14.7 FT AT 1300 Z ON SEP 18 .ER WAPI4 0918 Z DC202609181425/DH18/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 0918 : / 14.7 / 14.6 / 14.6 .E2 : 0919 : / 14.6 / 14.7 / 14.8 / 15.1 .E3 : 0920 : / 15.4 / 15.9 / 16.3 / 16.7 .E4 : 0921 : / 17.0 / 17.1 / 17.2 / 17.3 .E5 : 0922 : / 17.3 / 17.4 / 17.4 / 17.4 .E6 : 0923 : / 17.5 / 17.5 / 17.5 / 17.5 .E7 : 0924 : / 17.5 / 17.5 / 17.5 / 17.5 .E8 : 0925 : / 17.5 : : ***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 : 0918 / 0.34 / 0.00 / 0.07 : 0919 / 0.33 : : 24-hr QPF Total Ending on Sep 19 is 0.74 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2537 : :...END of MESSAGE...