898  
WGUS83 KMKX 191520  
FLSMKX  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI  
1020 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
ILLINOIS...WISCONSIN...  
 
FOX RIVER LOWER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AFFECTING LAKE AND KENOSHA  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 1030 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
ILC097-WIC059-200330-  
/O.EXT.KMKX.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250820T1800Z/  
/NMSW3.1.ER.250819T0915Z.250819T1800Z.250820T1200Z.NO/  
1020 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...FOX RIVER LOWER NEAR NEW MUNSTER.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 11.0 FEET, FLOODWATERS BEGIN TO AFFECT 77TH ST. IN  
THE TOWN OF WHEATLAND. FLOODWATERS ARE NEAR SOME HOMES ALONG  
RIVERSIDE DR, SHOREWOOD DR, AND HIGHWAY W IN THE VILLAGE OF SALEM  
LAKES AND TOWN OF WHEATLAND AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:00 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 11.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 11.1  
FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
TOMORROW MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
11.0 FEET ON 03/11/2020.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
RIVER FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR SOME BUT NOT ALL RIVER GAGING  
LOCATIONS. THE 7 DAY RIVER FORECAST TAKES INTO ACCOUNT PAST  
PRECIPITATION, SOIL MOISTURE CONDITIONS, AND PREDICTED  
PRECIPITATION FOR THE BASIN. PRECIPITATION IS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS  
IN THE FUTURE FROM APRIL THROUGH SEPTEMBER AND FOR 48 HOURS IN THE  
FUTURE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH MARCH.  
 
(STAGES IN FT.) BANK- LATEST FORECAST STAGES  
- FLOOD FULL OBSERVED ...FOR 1 PM...  
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME WED THU FRI SAT  
NEW MUNSTER 11.0 10.0 11.09 9 AM 8/19 11.3 11.1 10.9 10.7  
 
- HIGHEST 24 HOUR CHANGE  
- OBSERVED IN RIVER STAGE  
- STAGE IN (FT.) UP TO HIGHEST STAGE  
- THE LAST LATEST OBSERVED FORECAST IN  
- 7 DAYS STAGE NEXT 7 DAYS  
NEW MUNSTER 11.09 8 AM 8/19 0.32 11.30 1 PM 8/20  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4262 8830 4262 8817 4255 8814 4246 8814  
4246 8822 4255 8824  
 
 
 
QUIGLEY  
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