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LMRFC Quick Briefing

Current River Conditions - Flood Category Map of Highest Forecast River Stage
The map above updates at :20 and :50 past the hour. Click on the map to obtain detailed river forecast information. LMRFC River Flood Summary - Updated 11/25/2009 04:50AM Central Standard Time Number in Flood Number in Flood and Forecasted to Reach Flood Minor 7 Moderate 4 Major 0 Total 11 Minor 9 Moderate 2 Major 0 Total 11 Total Number of Forecast Points: 224 Percentage(%) In Flood: 4.9 Percentage(%) In Flood and Forecasted in Flood: 4.9
Current Precipitation Estimates Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE)	Future Precipitation Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)
1 Hour Radar-Derived Precipitation Estimates Ending 12z Past 3 hours Past 6 hours Past 12 hours Past 24 hours Since 12Z   *Latest Hourly MPE Data*	00Z QPF Images Issued at Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 6:16 PM In the table below are links to the latest QPF graphics for the 00Z 24 hour creation time. 12 hour QPF is utilized for river forecasts Latest 00Z 12 hour QPF starting Nov 25 at 00Z Latest 00Z 24 hour QPF starting Nov 25 at 00Z Latest 00Z 48 hour QPF starting Nov 25 at 00Z Latest 00Z 72 hour QPF starting Nov 25 at 00Z 1st 6 hour period from 00Z (Nov 25 00Z-06Z) 2nd 6 hour period from 00Z (Nov 25 06Z-12Z) 3rd 6 hour period from 00Z (Nov 25 12Z-18Z) 4th 6 hour period from 00Z (Nov 25 18Z-00Z)
Past Precipitation Conditions
Twenty-Four Hour Precipitation ending at 12Z MPE Data Gage Only Data Mean Areal Precip Data MPE Data for Sunday, November 22 2009 Archives - Saturday, November 21 2009 - Friday, November 20 2009 - Thursday, November 19 2009 - Wednesday, November 18 2009 - Tuesday, November 17 2009 - Monday, November 16 2009 Gage Data for Tuesday, November 24 2009 Archives - Monday, November 23 2009 - Sunday, November 22 2009 - Saturday, November 21 2009 - Friday, November 20 2009 - Thursday, November 19 2009 - Wednesday, November 18 2009 Mean Areal Precipitation Data for Tuesday, November 24, 2009 Archives - Monday, November 23, 2009 - Sunday, November 22, 2009 - Saturday, November 21, 2009 - Friday, November 20, 2009 - Thursday, November 19, 2009 - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2, 3, 5, 7 Day Precipitation Totals for Sun, Nov 22 2009 at 12z (6am CST/7am CDT)... 2 Day Total 3 Day Total 5 Day Total 7 Day Total Click for Image Click for Image Click for Image Click for Image Click for earlier MPE totals

Flood Potential Map

The LMRFC issues 72 hours of quantitative precipitation forecasts (QPF) throughout the year. For our routine river forecasts, only 12 hours of QPF is normally used. Under certain conditions and based on specific requests by our users, we will utilize 24 hours of QPF in them. A full 72 hours of QPF is used as input to our river models to produce local Significant River Flood Outlooks and National Significant River Flood Outlooks. Therefore, the daily Significant River Flood Outlook does not account for a full 5 days of QPF covering the LMRFC river forecast area.   5-Day QPF for the United States can be found at http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/day1-5.shtml.