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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 11/08/2009 03:20PM Central Standard Time Number in Flood Number in Flood and Forecasted to Reach Flood Minor 16 Moderate 6 Major 4 Total 26 Minor 23 Moderate 5 Major 3 Total 31 Total Number of Forecast Points: 224 Percentage(%) In Flood: 11.6 Percentage(%) In Flood and Forecasted in Flood: 13.8
Current Precipitation Estimates Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimates (MPE)	Future Precipitation Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)
1 Hour Radar-Derived Precipitation Estimates Ending 20z Past 3 hours Past 6 hours Past 12 hours Past 24 hours Since 12Z   *Latest Hourly MPE Data*	18Z QPF Images Issued at Sun Nov 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM In the table below are links to the latest QPF graphics for the 18Z 24 hour creation time. 12 hour QPF is utilized for river forecasts Latest 18Z 12 hour QPF starting Nov 8 at 18Z Latest 18Z 24 hour QPF starting Nov 8 at 18Z Latest 18Z 48 hour QPF starting Nov 8 at 18Z Latest 18Z 72 hour QPF starting Nov 8 at 18Z 1st 6 hour period from 18Z (Nov 8 18Z-00Z) 2nd 6 hour period from 18Z (Nov 9 00Z-06Z) 3rd 6 hour period from 18Z (Nov 9 06Z-12Z) 4th 6 hour period from 18Z (Nov 9 12Z-18Z)
Past Precipitation Conditions
Twenty-Four Hour Precipitation ending at 12Z MPE Data Gage Only Data Mean Areal Precip Data MPE Data for Sunday, November 08 2009 Archives - Saturday, November 07 2009 - Friday, November 06 2009 - Thursday, November 05 2009 - Wednesday, November 04 2009 - Tuesday, November 03 2009 - Monday, November 02 2009 Gage Data for Sunday, November 08 2009 Archives - Saturday, November 07 2009 - Friday, November 06 2009 - Thursday, November 05 2009 - Wednesday, November 04 2009 - Tuesday, November 03 2009 - Monday, November 02 2009 Mean Areal Precipitation Data for Sunday, November 08, 2009 Archives - Saturday, November 07, 2009 - Friday, November 06, 2009 - Thursday, November 05, 2009 - Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - Tuesday, November 03, 2009 - Monday, November 02, 2009 2, 3, 5, 7 Day Precipitation Totals for Sun, Nov 08 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.