Flood Warning
Expires 7:00 AM CDT on March 21, 2010
Statement as of 9:15 am CDT on March 20, 2010
The Flood Warning continues for
the Fox River near New Munster.
* At 9:00 am Saturday the stage was 10.3 feet.
* Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Forecast... the river will continue to fall to below flood stage by
after midnight tomorrow.
* Impact... at 10.5 feet... water is near some homes along Highway W in
the Silver Lake area of Kenosha County.
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 etc..and predicted
future 24 hour basin-average precipitation.
(Stages in ft.) Bank- latest forecast stages
- flood full observed ... for 7 am...
location stage stage stage/time sun Mon Tue Wed
New Munster 10.0 9.0 10.31 09 am 03/20 9.9 9.6 9.3 9.0
- 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 11.97 11 PM 03/14 -0.24 10.20 01 PM 03/20
... Below is predicted 24 hour precipitation information...
(nmsw3) 6-hour precipitation amounts (in.)
New munster: 7 am-1 PM 0.05
new munster: 1 PM-7 PM 0.00