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Brazos River near Hempstead Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 10.95 ft at 6:45PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 7:00PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 7:15PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 7:30PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 7:45PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 8:00PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 8:15PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 8:30PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 8:45PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:00PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:15PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:30PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:45PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 10:00PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 10:15PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 10:30PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 10:45PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 11:00PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 11:15PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 11:30PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 11:45PM Nov 13, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 12:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 12:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 12:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 12:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 1:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 1:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 1:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 1:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 2:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 2:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 2:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 3:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 3:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 3:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 3:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 4:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 4:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 4:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 4:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 5:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 5:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 5:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 5:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 6:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 6:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 6:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 6:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.93 ft at 7:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 7:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.88 ft at 7:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 7:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 8:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.91 ft at 8:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 8:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 8:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 9:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 9:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 9:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 10:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 10:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 10:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 10:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 11:00AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 11:15AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 11:30AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 11:45AM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 12:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 12:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 12:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 12:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.91 ft at 1:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.88 ft at 1:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 1:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 1:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.88 ft at 2:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 2:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 2:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 2:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 3:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 3:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.91 ft at 3:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 3:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 4:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 4:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 4:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 4:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.88 ft at 5:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.91 ft at 5:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 5:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 5:31PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 5:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 6:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 6:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.93 ft at 6:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 6:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 7:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 7:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 7:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 7:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 8:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 8:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 8:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 8:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 9:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 9:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 9:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 10:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 10:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 10:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 10:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 11:00PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 11:15PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 11:30PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 11:45PM Nov 14, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 12:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 12:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 12:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.91 ft at 12:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 1:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 1:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 1:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 1:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.93 ft at 2:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 2:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 2:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 2:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 3:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 3:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 3:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 3:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 4:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 4:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 4:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 4:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 5:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 5:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 5:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 5:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 6:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 6:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 6:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.97 ft at 6:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 7:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 7:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.96 ft at 7:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 7:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 8:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 8:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 8:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 8:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 9:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.95 ft at 9:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 9:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 9:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 10:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 10:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.93 ft at 10:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.9 ft at 11:00AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 11:15AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 11:30AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 11:45AM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.88 ft at 12:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.99 ft at 12:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 12:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 12:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.9 ft at 1:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 1:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 1:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 1:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 2:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.98 ft at 2:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.92 ft at 2:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 2:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.87 ft at 3:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.89 ft at 3:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 3:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 10.93 ft at 3:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 4:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 4:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 4:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 4:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 5:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 5:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 5:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 5:31PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 5:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 6:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 6:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 6:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 6:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 7:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 7:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 7:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 7:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 8:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 8:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 8:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 8:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 9:00PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 9:15PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 9:30PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 9:45PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 10:00PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 10:15PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 10:30PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 10:45PM Nov 15, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 11:00PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 11:15PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 11:30PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 11:45PM Nov 15, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 12:00AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 12:15AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 12:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 12:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 1:00AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 1:15AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 1:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 1:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 2:15AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 2:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 2:45AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 3:00AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 3:15AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 3:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 3:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 4:00AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 4:15AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 4:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 4:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 5:00AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 5:15AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 5:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 5:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 6:00AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 6:15AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 6:30AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 6:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 7:00AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 7:15AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 7:30AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 7:45AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 8:00AM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 8:15AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 8:30AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 8:45AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 9:00AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 9:15AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 9:30AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 9:45AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 10:00AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 10.91 ft at 10:15AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 10:30AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 10:45AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 11:00AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 10.94 ft at 11:15AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 11:30AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 11:45AM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 12:00PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 12:15PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.02 ft at 12:30PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 12:45PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11 ft at 1:00PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 1:15PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 1:30PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 1:45PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 2:00PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 2:15PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 2:30PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 2:45PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 3:00PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 3:15PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 3:30PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.01 ft at 3:45PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 4:00PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.03 ft at 4:15PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 4:30PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 4:45PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 5:00PM Nov 16, 2019Observed: 11.04 ft at 5:15PM Nov 16, 2019Highest Observation: 11.05 ft at 5:31PM Nov 16, 2019Forecast: 11.6 ft 12:00AM Nov 17, 2019Forecast: 11.9 ft 6:00AM Nov 17, 2019Forecast: 12.2 ft 12:00PM Nov 17, 2019Highest Forecast: 12.3 ft 6:00PM Nov 17, 2019Highest Forecast: 12.3 ft 12:00AM Nov 18, 2019Forecast: 12.2 ft 6:00AM Nov 18, 2019Forecast: 12.1 ft 12:00PM Nov 18, 2019Forecast: 12 ft 6:00PM Nov 18, 2019Forecast: 11.9 ft 12:00AM Nov 19, 2019Forecast: 11.8 ft 6:00AM Nov 19, 2019Forecast: 11.6 ft 12:00PM Nov 19, 2019Forecast: 11.5 ft 6:00PM Nov 19, 2019Forecast: 11.4 ft 12:00AM Nov 20, 2019Forecast: 11.2 ft 6:00AM Nov 20, 2019Forecast: 11.1 ft 12:00PM Nov 20, 2019Forecast: 11 ft 6:00PM Nov 20, 2019Forecast: 10.9 ft 12:00AM Nov 21, 2019Forecast: 10.9 ft 6:00AM Nov 21, 2019USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesHPDT2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:36PM Nov 16, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 8:27AM Nov 16)Latest observed value: 11.05 ft at 5:31 PM CST 16-Nov-2019. Flood Stage is 50 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Brazos River near Hempstead are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 55
Moderate Flood Stage: 53
Flood Stage: 50
Action Stage: 25
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 66.10 ft on 12/08/1913
(2) 63.60 ft on 07/04/1899
(3) 54.89 ft on 05/27/2016
(4) 54.21 ft on 05/02/1957
(5) 54.04 ft on 11/30/1940
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 51.24 ft on 08/28/2017
(2) 54.89 ft on 05/27/2016
(3) 43.96 ft on 04/22/2016
(4) 43.75 ft on 03/15/2016
(5) 49.97 ft on 05/31/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 10.04 ft on 11/12/1988
(2) 10.24 ft on 10/06/1984
(3) 10.41 ft on 10/09/1983
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55 Major lowland flooding begins.
53 Moderate lowland flooding begins with widespread inundation of the flood plain.
50 Minor lowland flooding begins.
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Latitude: 30.128889° N, Longitude: 96.187500° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 50 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other NULL NULL  

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