Flood Warning
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 540 AM CST THU JAN 31 2013 ...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...WISCONSIN... FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY IN ILLINOIS AND KENOSHA COUNTY,WI THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOX RIVER NEAR NEW MUNSTER. * AT 5:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 10.5 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACT...AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODWATERS ARE NEAR SOME HOMES ALONG HIGHWAY W IN THE SILVER LAKE AREA.
Flood Advisory
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL 425 AM CST THU JAN 31 2013 ...THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE DES PLAINES RIVER AND SUGAR CREEK... DES PLAINES RIVER NEAR RUSSELL AFFECTING LAKE COUNTY SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD AFFECTING IROQUOIS COUNTY THE FLOOD ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD * UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 400 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.4 FEET. * ACTION STAGE IS 15.0 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE TO NEAR 15.7 FEET BY THIS MORNING.
