Flash Flood Watch
Issued by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI

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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
336 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

...The Flood Watch is cancelled for the following rivers in
Wisconsin...Illinois...

  Fox River Lower Near New Munster affecting Lake and Kenosha
  Counties.

.With yesterday`s heaviest rainfall landing mainly west of the
basin, and dry weather expected for the rest of today into early
tonight, the river is no longer expected to reach flood stage.
Additional rounds of thunderstorms are possible late tonight through
Tuesday morning, and may result in a few re-rises in stage height.
We will hold off on this Flood Watch until confidence increases in
expected rainfall.

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336 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Watch is cancelled for
  the Fox River Lower Near New Munster.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 3:00 PM CDT Sunday the stage was 10.6 feet.
  - Forecast...Flood stage may be reached based on the latest
    forecast information.
  - 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    Mon  Tue  Wed  Thu
New Munster     11.0  10.0  10.57 3 pm 8/17   10.8 10.7 10.4 10.2

-                    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     10.58 2 pm 8/17         0.32       10.80 7 am 8/19


&&

LAT...LON 4262 8830 4262 8817 4255 8814 4246 8814
      4246 8822 4255 8824

$$

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