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Rock River at Rockford Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 3.17 ft at 9:30PM Sep 02, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 10:15PM Sep 02, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:45PM Sep 02, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 11:15PM Sep 02, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 12:00AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 12:30AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.11 ft at 1:00AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.12 ft at 1:45AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 2:15AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 2:45AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 3:30AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 4:00AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 4:30AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 5:15AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 5:45AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 6:15AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 7:00AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 7:30AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 8:00AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 8:45AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 9:15AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 9:45AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:30AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.1 ft at 11:00AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 11:30AM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 12:15PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 12:45PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 1:15PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 2:00PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 2:30PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 3:00PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 3:45PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 4:15PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.08 ft at 4:45PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 5:30PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 6:00PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.12 ft at 6:30PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.09 ft at 7:15PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.12 ft at 7:45PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 8:15PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.12 ft at 9:00PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 9:30PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 10:00PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:45PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 11:15PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 11:45PM Sep 03, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 12:30AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 1:00AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 1:30AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 2:15AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 2:45AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 3:15AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 4:00AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 4:30AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 5:00AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 5:45AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 6:15AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 6:45AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 7:30AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 8:00AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 8:30AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 9:15AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 9:45AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 10:15AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 11:00AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 11:30AM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 12:00PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.12 ft at 12:45PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 1:15PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 1:45PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 2:30PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.2 ft at 3:00PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 3:30PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 4:15PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 4:45PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 5:15PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.14 ft at 6:00PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.13 ft at 6:30PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.2 ft at 7:00PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 7:45PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 8:15PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 8:45PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 9:30PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.15 ft at 10:00PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:30PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 11:15PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 11:45PM Sep 04, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 12:15AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 1:00AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 4:30AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 5:00AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 5:30AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 6:15AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 6:45AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 7:15AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.2 ft at 8:00AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.2 ft at 8:30AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 9:00AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 9:45AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 10:15AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 10:45AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 11:30AM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.17 ft at 12:00PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 12:30PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.16 ft at 1:15PM Sep 05, 2010Highest Observation: 3.21 ft at 1:45PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 2:15PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.2 ft at 3:00PM Sep 05, 2010Highest Observation: 3.21 ft at 3:30PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.18 ft at 4:00PM Sep 05, 2010Highest Observation: 3.21 ft at 4:45PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 5:15PM Sep 05, 2010Observed: 3.19 ft at 5:45PM Sep 05, 2010Highest Observation: 3.21 ft at 6:30PM Sep 05, 2010Highest Observation: 3.21 ft at 7:00PM Sep 05, 2010Observations courtesy of US Geological SurveyRABI2(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (9:04PM Sep 5, 2010)ObservedLatest observed value: 3.21 ft at 7:00 PM CDT 5-Sep-2010. Flood Stage is 9 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Rock River at Rockford are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Major Flood Stage:11
Moderate Flood Stage:10
Flood Stage:9
Action Stage:8

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