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WGUS43 KMKX 170256
FLWMKX
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
956 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MODERATE TO MAJOR SEVERITY FOR THE
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN WISCONSIN...ILLINOIS...
FOX RIVER LOWER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AFFECTING KENOSHA AND LAKE
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 FRIDAY MORNING AT 1000 AM CDT.
ILC097-WIC059-171500-
/O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/NMSW3.3.ER.260404T0200Z.260418T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
956 PM CDT THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER LOWER NEAR NEW MUNSTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, THERE IS FLOODING OF THE LOWER LEVELS OF
HOMES IN THE TOWN OF WHEATLAND AND VILLAGE OF SALEM LAKES AREAS
LONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SHOREWOOD DRIVE, 101ST STREET AND SHOREWOOD
TERRACE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.3 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:00 PM CDT THURSDAY WAS 13.3 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 14.3
FEET TOMORROW EVENING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
14.5 FEET ON 04/20/2013.
- 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 7 PM...
LOCATION STAGE STAGE STAGE/TIME FRI SAT SUN MON
NEW MUNSTER 11.0 10.0 13.28 9 PM 4/16 14.3 13.8 13.1 12.6
- 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 13.28 9 PM 4/16 2.03 14.30 1 AM 4/18
LAT...LON 4262 8830 4262 8817 4255 8814 4246 8814
4246 8822 4255 8824
DDV
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