Flood Warning
NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI ยท US
Details
Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until Friday Morning
- 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 Lake and Kenosha Counties. Root River Canal At Raymond affecting Racine County.
What
Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
Where
Fox River Lower near New Munster.
When
Until Friday morning.
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 3:00 AM CDT Tuesday the stage was 12.3 feet. - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet. - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours ending at 3:00 AM CDT Tuesday was 12.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage early Friday morning and continue falling to 9.1 feet Monday evening. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.4 feet on 05/25/2019. - 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 330 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
- ~56s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M343FM9D9J6P6W6278Q7EA4S
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2c1703a1890450c1e95418354a1b25ddd2b0ec7f.002.1
- 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.4300
- 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
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- 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 220824 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KMKX.FL.W.0045.000000T0000Z-260925T1600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-25T11:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c976c2275e72d1d9b03ea83b02d2ffd6980de77d.001.1,2026-09-21T10:13:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cab109e795556dcd0cd8a9dd0f967588941bedf2.002.1,2026-09-21T03:58:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aeb8dec89c07f9265e97c8958184fce325e13ad7.002.1,2026-09-20T21:57:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ba5468cad89bb448c63c8b92f42ded5067564e42.002.1,2026-09-20T15:35:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.59d4a4222baa9398474395e5bb3f808c23c7e938.001.1,2026-09-20T09:35:00-05:00 |
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