River Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
427 FGUS53 KMSR 011014 RVFTIA RIVER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWS NORTH CENTRAL RIVER FORECAST CENTER; CHANHASSEN MN 513 AM CDT THU OCT 01 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 TIA : : FORECASTS INCLUDE 48-HOURS OF FUTURE PRECIPITATION (QPF) IN 6 HOUR INCREMENTS : :************************************************************ :SOUTH SKUNK RIVER, AMEI4 :AMES 3N, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 11.0 FTMINOR STAGE 12.5 FT :MODERATE STAGE 16.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 16.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 6.5 FT AT 0900 Z ON OCT 01 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 21 Z ON 10/01/2026 .AR :CREST: AMEI4 1002 Z DC202610011013/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 14.6 :Crest near 14.6 FT around 06 Z on Fri, Oct 2 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 03 Z ON 10/03/2026 .ER AMEI4 1001 Z DC202610011013/DH12/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 1001 : / 8.2 / 10.8 / 13.1 / 14.6 .E2 : 1002 : / 14.6 / 14.2 / 12.9 / 10.3 .E3 : 1003 : / 9.5 / 8.8 / 8.3 / 7.8 .E4 : 1004 : / 7.4 / 7.0 / 6.7 / 6.4 .E5 : 1005 : / 6.2 / 6.0 / 5.8 / 5.6 .E6 : 1006 : / 5.5 / 5.4 / 5.3 / 5.2 .E7 : 1007 : / 5.1 / 5.0 / 4.9 / 4.9 : : ***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 : 1001 / 2.39 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 1002 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 48-hr QPF Total Ending on Oct 03 is 2.42 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :IOWAY CREEK, AMWI4 :AMES, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 8.0 FTMINOR STAGE 10.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 14.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 15.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 4.7 FT AT 0900 Z ON OCT 01 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 10/01/2026 .AR :CREST: AMWI4 1002 Z DC202610011013/DH0000/HGIFFXZ 13.4 :Crest near 13.4 FT around 00 Z on Fri, Oct 2 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 09 Z ON 10/02/2026 .ER AMWI4 1001 Z DC202610011013/DH12/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 1001 : / 5.7 / 11.9 / 13.4 / 12.1 .E2 : 1002 : / 9.3 / 7.0 / 5.4 / 4.9 .E3 : 1003 : / 4.6 / 4.3 / 4.1 / 3.8 .E4 : 1004 : / 3.7 / 3.5 / 3.3 / 3.2 .E5 : 1005 : / 3.1 / 3.0 / 2.9 / 2.8 .E6 : 1006 : / 2.8 / 2.7 / 2.7 / 2.6 .E7 : 1007 : / 2.6 / 2.6 / 2.5 / 2.5 : : ***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 : 1001 / 2.45 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 1002 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 48-hr QPF Total Ending on Oct 03 is 2.48 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :SOUTH SKUNK RIVER, AESI4 :AMES 5SE - WWTP, IA - DMX : :ACTION STAGE 19.0 FTMINOR STAGE 21.5 FT :MODERATE STAGE 23.5 FTMAJOR STAGE 24.5 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 15.7 FT AT 0900 Z ON OCT 01 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 10/01/2026 .AR :CREST: AESI4 1002 Z DC202610011013/DH0600/HGIFFXZ 24.1 :Crest near 24.1 FT around 06 Z on Fri, Oct 2 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 03 Z ON 10/03/2026 .ER AESI4 1001 Z DC202610011013/DH12/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 1001 : / 18.5 / 22.7 / 24.0 / 24.1 .E2 : 1002 : / 23.8 / 23.1 / 22.4 / 21.3 .E3 : 1003 : / 19.2 / 18.3 / 17.5 / 16.8 .E4 : 1004 : / 16.2 / 15.7 / 15.2 / 14.9 .E5 : 1005 : / 14.5 / 14.2 / 14.0 / 13.8 .E6 : 1006 : / 13.6 / 13.4 / 13.3 / 13.2 .E7 : 1007 : / 13.1 / 13.0 / 12.9 / 12.8 : : ***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 : 1001 / 1.92 / 0.03 / 0.00 / 0.00 : 1002 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 48-hr QPF Total Ending on Oct 03 is 1.95 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :NORTH SKUNK RIVER, SIGI4 :SIGOURNEY 2S, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 14.5 FTMINOR STAGE 16.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 18.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 21.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 18.2 FT AT 0930 Z ON OCT 01 .AR :CREST: SIGI4 1002 Z DC202610011013/DH1800/HGIFFXZ 19.6 :Crest near 19.6 FT around 18 Z on Fri, Oct 2 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 10/05/2026 .ER SIGI4 1001 Z DC202610011013/DH12/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 1001 : / 18.5 / 18.9 / 19.2 / 19.4 .E2 : 1002 : / 19.5 / 19.6 / 19.5 / 19.3 .E3 : 1003 : / 19.2 / 19.1 / 19.2 / 19.2 .E4 : 1004 : / 19.1 / 18.9 / 18.6 / 18.0 .E5 : 1005 : / 17.1 / 15.9 / 14.7 / 13.7 .E6 : 1006 : / 12.9 / 12.3 / 11.7 / 11.3 .E7 : 1007 : / 10.8 / 10.4 / 10.1 / 9.9 : : ***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 : 1001 / 0.30 / 0.17 / 0.03 / 0.00 : 1002 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 48-hr QPF Total Ending on Oct 03 is 0.50 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : :************************************************************ :SKUNK RIVER, AGSI4 :AUGUSTA, IA - DVN : :ACTION STAGE 14.0 FTMINOR STAGE 15.0 FT :MODERATE STAGE 17.0 FTMAJOR STAGE 20.0 FT : :THE RIVER STAGE WAS 12.2 FT AT 0845 Z ON OCT 01 :RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AROUND 03 Z ON 10/02/2026 .AR :CREST: AGSI4 1003 Z DC202610011013/DH1200/HGIFFXZ 18.5 :Crest near 18.5 FT around 12 Z on Sat, Oct 3 :FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AROUND 15 Z ON 10/05/2026 .ER AGSI4 1001 Z DC202610011013/DH12/HGIFF/DIH6 :RIVER FORECAST / 12Z / 18Z / 00Z / 06Z .E1 : 1001 : / 13.0 / 13.8 / 14.9 / 15.6 .E2 : 1002 : / 16.3 / 17.1 / 17.8 / 18.2 .E3 : 1003 : / 18.5 / 18.5 / 18.4 / 18.1 .E4 : 1004 : / 17.7 / 16.9 / 16.3 / 15.7 .E5 : 1005 : / 15.2 / 14.8 / 14.7 / 14.5 .E6 : 1006 : / 14.5 / 14.4 / 14.4 / 14.4 .E7 : 1007 : / 14.4 / 14.5 / 14.5 / 14.5 : : ***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 : 1001 / 0.08 / 0.71 / 0.27 / 0.01 : 1002 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 / 0.00 : : 48-hr QPF Total Ending on Oct 03 is 1.07 inches : :FORECASTER COMMENTS... : : : :******************************************************************* : $$ : FCSTR EXT: 2534 : :...END of MESSAGE...