Flood Warning
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect From This Evening To Wednesday Afternoon... ...Replaces River Flood Watch
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...Wisconsin... Fox River Lower Near New Munster affecting Kenosha and Lake Counties.
What
Minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Fox River Lower near New Munster.
When
From this evening to Wednesday afternoon.
Impacts
At 12.0 feet, Water is up to the first floor levels of some homes in the Town of Wheatland, Silver Lake and Village of Salem Lakes area along Riverside Drive and Shorewood Drive. Hoosier Creek Rd floods.
Additional details
- At 9:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 9.8 feet. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage this evening to a crest of 11.9 feet early tomorrow afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late Wednesday morning. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 11.7 feet on 05/10/2019. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this evening at 945 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Lake County, IL
- Kenosha County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2ZKXB0T4EB4HNS8N81NSPNV
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.59d4a4222baa9398474395e5bb3f808c23c7e938.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMKX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.3685
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWMKX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS43 KMKX 201435 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...REPLACES RIVER FLOOD WATCH |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0045.260921T0130Z-260923T2000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T15:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lake County, IL
- Kenosha County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 017097 |
| SAME | 055059 |
| UGC | ILC097 |
| UGC | WIC059 |
- Polygons
- 42.62,-88.3 42.62,-88.17 42.55,-88.14 42.46,-88.14 42.46,-88.22 42.55,-88.24 42.62,-88.3