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EXPIRED8/10/2025 4:24:00 AM (UTC)Urgency: ImmediateSeverity: SevereCertainty: Observed
8/10/2025 4:24:00 AM until 8/10/2025 4:30:00 PM
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.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.
The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 430 PM CDT.
Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in
duration for the following river in Wisconsin...
Fox River Lower At Waukesha affecting Waukesha County.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...Fox River Lower at Waukesha.
* WHEN...Until late tomorrow morning.
* IMPACTS...At 7.0 feet, Water is over the banks of Frame Park and
floodwaters are at least 2 feet deep on land near the shoreline.
About one half mile south of downtown Waukesha, water is 2 to 3
feet deep and covering much of the back yards of 6 or 7 homes in
the Bethesda Court area of Waukesha.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 3:00 AM CDT Sunday the stage was 6.4 feet.
- Bankfull stage is 5.0 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 3:00 AM CDT Sunday was 7.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 6.6
feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage late
tonight.
- Flood stage is 6.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
6.6 feet on 04/27/2009.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood