NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WIFF.W 0018July 27, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Kenosha and Racine, WI
The National Weather Service office in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued a flash flood warning for Kenosha and Racine in Wisconsin, which was in force until 3:00 p.m. local time on July 27. It was the 18th flash flood warning the NWS office in Milwaukee/Sullivan issued in 2026. Wisconsin had 6 flash flood warnings in July 2026, against 10 in an average July of 2008-2025 (Wisconsin's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
- Area
- Kenosha and Racine
- State
- Wisconsin
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:52 a.m. CDT, July 27, 2026
- Expires
- 3:00 p.m. CDT, July 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMKX FF.W 0018
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWMKX The National Weather Service in Milwaukee/Sullivan has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Kenosha County in southeastern Wisconsin... Western Racine County in southeastern Wisconsin... * Until 300 PM CDT. * At 1152 AM CDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Kenosha, Pleasant Prairie, Union Grove, Paddock Lake, Camp Lake, Wind Lake, Twin Lakes, Rochester, Wheatland, Yorkville, Silver Lake, Eagle Lake, Browns Lake, Waterford North, Salem, Burlington, Waterford, Bristol, Paris and Brighton.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.