Flood Warning
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois...Wisconsin... Fox River Lower Near New Munster affecting Kenosha and Lake Counties. Root River Canal At Raymond affecting Racine County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Root River Canal at Raymond.
When
Until late tonight.
Impacts
At 9.0 feet, Water floods Koerber Park on 6 Mile Road. Flooding of rural land and agricultural land.
Additional details
- At 3:00 AM CDT Monday the stage was 9.6 feet. - Bankfull stage is 7.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 3:00 AM CDT Monday was 9.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage late this afternoon and continue falling to 3.0 feet Sunday evening. - Flood stage is 9.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 9.6 feet on 02/25/1985. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive cars through flooded areas. Caution is urged when walking near riverbanks. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 400 PM CDT.
Affected areas
- Racine County, WI
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M31K19BDWYDPZ5MA8J7HK0RP
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cab109e795556dcd0cd8a9dd0f967588941bedf2.001.1
- 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.5383
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLS |
| NationalWeatherService | FLW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSMKX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS83 KMKX 210858 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0046.000000T0000Z-260922T0800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T03:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ba5468cad89bb448c63c8b92f42ded5067564e42.001.1,2026-09-20T15:35:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d468ed114ba69923102255be651f9b2aeb540d3d.001.1,2026-09-20T09:37:00-05:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Racine County, WI
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 055101 |
| UGC | WIC101 |
- Polygons
- 42.86,-88.03 42.86,-87.96 42.78,-87.96 42.78,-88.02 42.82,-88.03 42.86,-88.03