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Mississippi River at Empire Stage (ft)Observed: 0.33 ft at 7:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 0.36 ft at 8:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 0.4 ft at 9:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 0.43 ft at 10:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 0.48 ft at 11:00PM Sep 20, 2023Observed: 0.55 ft at 12:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 1:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.61 ft at 2:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.66 ft at 3:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.67 ft at 4:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.76 ft at 5:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.76 ft at 6:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.8 ft at 8:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.8 ft at 9:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.77 ft at 10:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.8 ft at 11:00AM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.72 ft at 12:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.73 ft at 1:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.64 ft at 2:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 3:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.48 ft at 5:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.44 ft at 6:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.4 ft at 7:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.38 ft at 8:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.39 ft at 9:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.38 ft at 10:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.47 ft at 11:00PM Sep 21, 2023Observed: 0.48 ft at 12:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.57 ft at 1:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.63 ft at 2:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.73 ft at 4:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.76 ft at 5:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.79 ft at 6:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 9:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.95 ft at 10:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 11:00AM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 12:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.79 ft at 1:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.82 ft at 2:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.72 ft at 3:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.66 ft at 4:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.63 ft at 5:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.57 ft at 6:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.49 ft at 7:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.49 ft at 8:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.46 ft at 9:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.5 ft at 10:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.58 ft at 11:00PM Sep 22, 2023Observed: 0.66 ft at 1:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.68 ft at 2:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.71 ft at 3:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.79 ft at 4:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 5:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 7:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 8:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.96 ft at 9:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.99 ft at 10:00AM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.94 ft at 11:00AM Sep 23, 2023Highest Observation: 1.02 ft at 12:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.92 ft at 1:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 2:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.82 ft at 4:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 5:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.75 ft at 6:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 7:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 8:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.58 ft at 9:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.53 ft at 10:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.58 ft at 11:00PM Sep 23, 2023Observed: 0.59 ft at 12:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.63 ft at 1:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.7 ft at 2:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.75 ft at 3:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.76 ft at 4:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.8 ft at 5:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 6:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 7:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.92 ft at 8:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.96 ft at 9:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.99 ft at 10:00AM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.96 ft at 11:00AM Sep 24, 2023Highest Observation: 1.02 ft at 12:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.98 ft at 1:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.98 ft at 2:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 3:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 4:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.77 ft at 6:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.76 ft at 7:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.7 ft at 8:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.65 ft at 9:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.61 ft at 10:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.58 ft at 11:00PM Sep 24, 2023Observed: 0.59 ft at 12:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 1:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.67 ft at 2:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.71 ft at 3:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.71 ft at 4:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.73 ft at 5:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.75 ft at 6:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 8:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 9:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.96 ft at 10:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.95 ft at 11:00AM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.94 ft at 12:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.95 ft at 1:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.98 ft at 2:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 1 ft at 3:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 4:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.91 ft at 5:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.74 ft at 6:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 7:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.7 ft at 8:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.68 ft at 9:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.64 ft at 10:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 11:00PM Sep 25, 2023Observed: 0.55 ft at 12:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 1:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.6 ft at 2:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.59 ft at 3:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.68 ft at 5:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.68 ft at 6:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.79 ft at 7:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 8:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.85 ft at 9:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.87 ft at 10:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.93 ft at 11:00AM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.94 ft at 1:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 2:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 3:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.83 ft at 5:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 6:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.73 ft at 7:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.72 ft at 8:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.63 ft at 9:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.55 ft at 10:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.59 ft at 11:00PM Sep 26, 2023Observed: 0.54 ft at 12:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.49 ft at 1:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.56 ft at 2:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.61 ft at 3:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.64 ft at 4:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.69 ft at 5:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.65 ft at 6:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.72 ft at 7:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.75 ft at 8:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.77 ft at 9:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.79 ft at 10:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.8 ft at 11:00AM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.9 ft at 1:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 2:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.88 ft at 3:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.86 ft at 4:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.92 ft at 5:00PM Sep 27, 2023Observed: 0.89 ft at 6:00PM Sep 27, 2023USACE - U.S. Army Corps of EngineersEMPL1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (6:40PM Sep 27, 2023)ObservedLatest observed value: 0.89 ft at 6:00 PM CDT 27-Sep-2023.
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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Mississippi River at Empire. During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.
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Historic Crests
(1) 14.39 ft on 08/29/2005
(2) 10.92 ft on 08/17/1969

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 14.39 ft on 08/29/2005
(2) 10.92 ft on 08/17/1969

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) -1.97 ft on 12/11/2007
(2) -1.23 ft on 01/19/1981
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Latitude: 29.389444° N, Longitude: 89.596389° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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