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Weather Forecast Office Eastern North Dakota/Grand Forks, ND North Central River Forecast Center
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Red River of the North at Halstad Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 13.45 ft at 5:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 5:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 6:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 6:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 7:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 7:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.5 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 8:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 8:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.5 ft at 9:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 9:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 10:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 10:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.5 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 11:15AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 11:45AM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 12:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 12:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 1:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 1:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 2:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 2:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.44 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 3:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 3:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 4:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 4:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 5:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 5:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 6:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 6:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 7:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 7:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 8:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 8:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 9:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.45 ft at 9:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 10:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 10:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.5 ft at 11:15PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.47 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 11:45PM May 19, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.46 ft at 12:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 12:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 1:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.48 ft at 1:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.5 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.49 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.52 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.51 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.5 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.51 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.53 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.54 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.54 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.52 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.53 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.54 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.53 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.53 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.56 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.57 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.56 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.56 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.55 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.57 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.56 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.58 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.58 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.57 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.59 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.6 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.59 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.59 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.61 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.6 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.6 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.6 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.59 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.63 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.63 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.64 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.63 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.62 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.64 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.66 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.67 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.66 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.67 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.65 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.66 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.69 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.68 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.68 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.69 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.71 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.71 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.72 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.74 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.71 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.72 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.72 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.76 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.73 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.76 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.76 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.75 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.78 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.76 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.78 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 9:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.77 ft at 10:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.82 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.82 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.79 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.8 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.79 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.79 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 13.83 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.8 ft at 12:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.81 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.83 ft at 12:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.81 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.81 ft at 1:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.83 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.83 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.83 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.86 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.85 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.85 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.87 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.86 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.86 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.86 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.87 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.87 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.88 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.88 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.89 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.88 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.92 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.92 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.93 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.93 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.92 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.93 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.93 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.95 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.95 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.95 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.97 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.97 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.97 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 13.99 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.01 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.02 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.03 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.05 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.05 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.05 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.09 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.11 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.12 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.12 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.12 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.13 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.14 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.15 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.15 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.16 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.19 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.17 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.2 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.21 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.21 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.23 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.23 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.25 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.23 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.26 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.28 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.27 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.28 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.27 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.29 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.32 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.31 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.33 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.32 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.34 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.34 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.34 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.37 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.36 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.37 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.4 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.4 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.41 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.41 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.41 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.43 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.46 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.46 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.46 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.48 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.49 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.48 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.5 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.51 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.53 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.51 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.54 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 14.53 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.55 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.57 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.58 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.59 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.61 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.63 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.6 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.63 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.66 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.64 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.65 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.68 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.68 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.68 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.69 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 14.72 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.71 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 14.72 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesHILN8(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (5:02AM May 22, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 14.72 ft at 4:30 AM CDT 22-May-2013. Flood Stage is 26 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Red River of the North at Halstad are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:37.5
Moderate Flood Stage:32
Flood Stage:26
Action Stage:24

Historical Crests
(1) 40.74 ft on 04/19/1997
(2) 40.63 ft on 03/30/2009
(3) 40.51 ft on 04/12/2011
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Low Water Records
(1) 9.80 ft on 09/02/1976
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44 Top elevation of the dike at Halstad.
42 Approach to Interstate 29 bridge under water on North Dakota side of the Red river.
40 *** OLD Major Flood Stage...was changed to 37.5 ft on 08 Mar 2010. ***
38 US Highway 75 closure installed on the south side of the Halstad ring dike.
37.5 *** Major Flood Stage (effective 08 Mar 2010).
37 US Highway 75 is flooded outside of the Halstad ring dike north and south of the city.
36.4 City mobilizes for dike patrols.
33 Considerable rural and farmland flooding.
32 Moderate Flood Stage.
30.8 Approach to interstate bridge impassable.
26 Flood Warning Stage...minor.
24 Forecast Service Stage. Bankfull Stage
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Latitude: 47.351944° N, Longitude: 96.843333° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 26 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 826.65 ft 852.65 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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