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WGUS83 KMKX 151619
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FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1119 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES 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 THIS EVENING AT 1130 PM CDT.
ILC097-WIC059-160430-
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/NMSW3.2.ER.260404T0200Z.260418T0600Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
1119 AM CDT WED APR 15 2026
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...FOX RIVER LOWER NEAR NEW MUNSTER.
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* IMPACTS...AT 13.5 FEET, FLOODWATERS ARE INTO THE LOWER LEVELS OF
SOME HOMES IN THE TOWN OF WHEATLAND AND VILLAGE OF SALEM LAKES
AREAS ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND SHOREWOOD DRIVE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 11:00 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.7 FEET.
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST OF 13.6
FEET EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
13.6 FEET ON 10/04/2019.
- 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 THU FRI SAT SUN
NEW MUNSTER 11.0 10.0 10.72 11 AM 4/15 12.1 13.4 13.6 13.6
- 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 11.33 10 AM 4/08 0.76 13.60 1 PM 4/19
LAT...LON 4262 8830 4262 8817 4255 8814 4246 8814
4246 8822 4255 8824
PATTERSON
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