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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Milwaukee, WI
NWS Milwaukee, WI issued this river flood warning at Sep 20, 2026, 9:35 AM CDT for Kenosha County, Wisconsin; Lake County, Illinois. It took effect at Sep 20, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 20, 2026, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2026, 8:30 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 25, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Milwaukee, WI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lake County, IL, Kenosha County, WI
The radar
The Milwaukee radar (KMKX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Fox River near New Munster (NMSW3). The gauge peaked at 12.35 ft at Sep 22, 2026, 1:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05545750, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 19, 6:56 PM CDT, 14 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 6:56 PM CDT, 14 hours 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Milwaukee, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 9:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MKX | Racine | 49 hr |
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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.