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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2026, 9:26 PM CDT for Racine County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2026, 9:26 PM CDT (02:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2026, 9:26 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 days
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Racine County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Fox River at Rochester (RSRW3).
- Action stage
- 5 ft
- Minor stage
- 6 ft
- Moderate stage
- 7 ft
- Major stage
- 8 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05544475, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 11:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Waukesha | 31 min |
| Apr 21, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Milwaukee | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 36 min | |
| Apr 21, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Milwaukee | 7 min |
| Apr 21, 12:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MKX | Racine | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MKX | Racine | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 45 min | |
| Apr 21, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 48 min | |
| Apr 21, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | MKX | 21 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.