SE Wisconsin flood warnings: What is still in effect and for how long
More rain possible Sunday night
WE’RE STILL TRACKING THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE STORMS ON THE WAY. WE ARE GOING TO WATCH THAT CLOSELY. I LOVE HOW YOU SAID THIS ISN’T SNOWFALL TOTALS. THAT’S THE KIND OF STUFF WE WOULD HAVE. 14IN OF SNOW WOULD BE A HUGE SNOW. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 14IN OF RAIN AND THAT WOULD BE UNPRECEDENTED. IF THAT IS CONFIRMED, THAT WOULD BE THE LARGEST ONE EVENT TOTAL IN THE HISTORY OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. SO THAT’S KIND OF A BIG DEAL. A RECORDS GO BACK ABOUT 150 YEARS OR SO. ANOTHER ROUND POSSIBLE LATE THIS EVENING. NOT AS HEAVY AS LAST NIGHT THEN. IT’S MOSTLY DRY ON MONDAY. NOW, WHEN I SAY NOT AS HEAVY, WE STILL COULD GET SOME POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN. RIGHT NOW WE’RE GETTING A BREAK. ONE LITTLE AREA OF RAIN HEADING INTO SHEBOYGAN COUNTY, SO THAT’S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH BELGIUM, HEADING INTO OOSTBURG AND SHEBOYGAN. THAT’S NOT A BIG DEAL. I’M ALSO WATCHING THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS HERE OVER WATERLOO, IOWA. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL STAY OUT TO THE WEST OF US, BUT IT’S LIKELY TO GET PRETTY CLOSE. WE TAKE YOU TO 10:00 THIS EVENING. NOTICE HOW IT KIND OF FALLS APART? NOT 100% CERTAIN THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CASE. WE’RE GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS REALLY CLOSELY, BECAUSE IT’S NOT GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. AGAIN, WE ARE SUPER SATURATED. THERE’S NOWHERE FOR THIS WATER TO GO. SOME RIVERS ARE STILL RISING AND WE HAVE NUMEROUS RIVERS UNDER FLOOD WARNING RIGHT NOW. THEN THE POSSIBILITY AFTER A PRETTY QUIET MONDAY OF A FEW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY, AND THEN WE’LL START DRYING IT OUT. LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE. WE TAKE YOU TO OUR CAMERA, LOCATED AT MIAD, LOOKING DOWN AT THE MILWAUKEE RIVER. THE ONLY BOAT THAT YOU SEE OUT HERE IS THE POLICE BOAT, AND THAT’S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. I’VE BEEN WATCHING HUGE LOGS ROLLING DOWN THAT RIVER. THIS NORMALLY IS GOLF COURSE. THIS IS BROOKFIELD HILLS. IT IS NOW SUBMERGED IN WATER. HOPEFULLY THAT WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE. IT’S BETTER THAN IT WAS. AND WE DID HAVE SOME CLOSINGS HERE ALONG PEWAUKEE LAKE FOR A TIME. THAT’S IMPROVED. BUT I’M GUESSING SHOULDN’T BE OUT ON ANY OF THE LAKES RIGHT NOW. THERE’S PROBABLY NO LAKE ALMOST EVERYWHERE BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN THAT FELL. AGAIN, THESE TOTALS, EXTRAORDINARY, AS GINA WAS JUST POINTING OUT. I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. EVEN 2010 WASN’T THIS BAD. WHEN WE HAD SEVEN EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THAT CAUSED HUGE FLOODING PROBLEMS. THIS IS WORSE THAN THAT. FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL MONDAY MORNING, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE ALL THESE LITTLE POLYGONS THAT YOU SEE HERE. THOSE ARE FLOOD WARNINGS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FLOOD WARNING KIND OF URBAN AND FLOODING ALREADY HAPPENING, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. FLASH FLOOD WARNING, REALLY HEAVY RAIN AND QUICKLY RISING WATER. HERE’S YOUR SEVEN DAY AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM FOR TOMORROW, BUT MOSTLY DRY. THAT IS GOOD NEWS. A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE EARLY ON TUESDAY, HIGH TEMPERATURES HANGING OUT IN THE LOW 80S. THEN LET’S DRY IT OUT. MAN. THAT’S CERTAINLY WHAT WE NEED AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE HANGING OUT IN THE 80S, WE START WARMING IT UP AS WE WORK OUR WAY INTO FRIDAY. LOOKS LIKE A HOT WEEKEND AHEAD, BUT OVERALL, THE BEST NEWS THAT WE CAN GET TO IS LET’S GET TO WEDNESDAY AND WE CAN REALLY START DRYING IT OUT. I KNOW TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE LIKELY HAVING BASEMENT ISSUES RIGHT NOW. THIS I
SE Wisconsin flood warnings: What is still in effect and for how long
More rain possible Sunday night
Updated: 8:24 PM CDT Aug 10, 2025
While the heaviest of the rain around southeast Wisconsin may be done, the flood threat is still not over.There are two types of flood warnings in effect right now: areal and river. There is an areal flood warning until 10 a.m. Monday for the following counties:Dodge JeffersonMilwaukeeOzaukeeRacineWashingtonWaukesha Numerous roads remain closed because of flooding. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.There are river flood warnings in the following counties:Milwaukee: The Root River at Franklin, until Tuesday morningOzaukee: Milwaukee River near Cedarburg, until Tuesday afternoonWaukesha: Fox River Lower at Waukesha, until Tuesday eveningMore rain is expected Sunday evening, but it won’t be as heavy as Saturday night.Monday will be mostly dry, but can’t rule out the possibility of a pop-up storm.
MILWAUKEE —While the heaviest of the rain around southeast Wisconsin may be done, the flood threat is still not over.
There are two types of flood warnings in effect right now: areal and river.
There is an areal flood warning until 10 a.m. Monday for the following counties:
- Dodge
- Jefferson
- Milwaukee
- Ozaukee
- Racine
- Washington
- Waukesha
Numerous roads remain closed because of flooding. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall.
There are river flood warnings in the following counties:
- Milwaukee: The Root River at Franklin, until Tuesday morning
- Ozaukee: Milwaukee River near Cedarburg, until Tuesday afternoon
- Waukesha: Fox River Lower at Waukesha, until Tuesday evening
More rain is expected Sunday evening, but it won’t be as heavy as Saturday night.
Monday will be mostly dry, but can’t rule out the possibility of a pop-up storm.
