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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
527 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..AREAS OF FLOOD WATER REMAIN THIS MORNING
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING LAST EVENING AND EARLY
THIS MORNING HAVE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS AREAS OF STANDING WATER.
WHILE RAINFALL WILL END NEAR OR JUST AFTER 6 AM, IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE AND WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. FLOOD WATERS WILL TAKE THE LONGEST TO RECEDE
IN URBAN AREAS AND LOW-LYING SPOTS. HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES THROUGH
THE MORNING COMMUTE AND NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
IMPROVEMENT IN STANDING WATER SHOULD OCCUR BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
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JEFFERSON WI-MILWAUKEE WI-RACINE WI-WALWORTH WI-WAUKESHA WI-
527 AM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED, LEAVING
NUMEROUS AREAS OF STANDING WATER IN THE WARNED AREA. STANDING
WATER HAS RESULTED IN ROAD CLOSURES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, JEFFERSON, MILWAUKEE, RACINE, WALWORTH AND WAUKESHA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 100 PM CDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS
ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. EXPECT AREAS OF
SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL ADDITIONAL
HOURS FOR WATER TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 514 AM CDT, HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED FROM LAST EVENING'S
AND THIS MORNING'S STORMS IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS
ONGOING IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.1 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MILWAUKEE, WAUKESHA, WEST ALLIS, WAUWATOSA, NEW BERLIN,
BROOKFIELD, GREENFIELD, MENOMONEE FALLS, OAK CREEK, MUSKEGO,
SOUTH MILWAUKEE, CUDAHY, WHITEWATER, WHITEFISH BAY,
GREENDALE, PEWAUKEE, BROWN DEER, SUSSEX, ELKHORN AND ST.
FRANCIS.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4284 8878 4319 8816 4319 8789 4317 8788
4313 8790 4307 8786 4305 8788 4305 8789
4304 8790 4303 8790 4300 8789 4296 8785
4291 8784 4289 8785 4284 8783 4284 8781
4278 8794 4250 8878
QUIGLEY
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