Flood Warning in Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
4/5/2023 3:51:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
4/5/2023 3:51:00 PM until 4/9/2023 7:00:00 AM
Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.
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 late tonight at 400 AM CDT.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in
Wisconsin...Illinois...
Rock River At Afton affecting Rock and Winnebago Counties.
Fox River Near Berlin affecting Green Lake County.
Fox River Lower Near New Munster affecting Lake and Kenosha
Counties.
Wisconsin River At Portage affecting Columbia County.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Fox River Lower near New Munster.
* WHEN...Until Sunday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 11.5 feet, Water is in the yards of some homes in the
Village of Salem Lakes and Town of Wheatland areas. There are 3-4
inches of water over 77th Street in the Town of Wheatland.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 10.6 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 10.0 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
just after midnight tonight to a crest of 11.5 feet early
Friday morning. It will then fall below flood stage early
Sunday morning.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
11.5 feet on 06/05/2002.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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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 Thu Fri Sat Sun
New Munster 11.0 10.0 10.60 3 pm 4/05 11.3 11.5 11.2 10.8
- 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 10.6 3 pm 4/05 1.06 11.50 1 pm 4/07
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