Flood in Gallatin County, Illinois

Late February flooding continued into early March along the Ohio River at Shawneetown. Minor flooding of bottomland and surrounding low-lying areas continued. River levels fell just below flood stage in the late evening on the 1st.

A prolonged flooding event on the Ohio river, that began in the middle of February, continued into March at Shawneetown, Olmsted, and Cairo. Minor flooding of bottomland continued at all three locations. Heavy rainfall in the middle of February was the cause of rising river levels which lowered just below flood stage at all three sites from the afternoon of the 1st to the early morning of the 2nd.