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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
931 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025

...The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan WI has issued
a Flood Warning for the following rivers in Illinois...Wisconsin...

  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 Tuesday morning at 945 AM CDT.

&&

ILC097-WIC059-191445-
/O.NEW.KMKX.FL.W.0021.250819T1200Z-250821T0000Z/
/NMSW3.1.ER.250819T1200Z.250819T1200Z.250820T1800Z.NO/
931 PM CDT Mon Aug 18 2025

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Fox River Lower near New Munster.

* WHEN...From Tuesday morning to Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 11.0 feet, Floodwaters begin to affect 77th St. in
  the Town of Wheatland. Floodwaters are near some homes along
  Riverside Dr, Shorewood Dr, and Highway W in the Village of Salem
  Lakes and Town of Wheatland areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 PM CDT Monday the stage was 10.9 feet.
  - Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 11.0
    feet tomorrow morning. It will then fall below flood stage
    early Wednesday afternoon.
  - Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    11.0 feet on 03/11/2020.
  - 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 7 pm...
Location        stage stage     stage/time    Tue  Wed  Thu  Fri
New Munster     11.0  10.0  10.89 9 pm 8/18   11.0 10.9 10.9 10.7

-                    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     10.89 9 pm 8/18         0.23       11.00 1 pm 8/20


&&

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


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