Flood — Pulaski, Illinois

2025-03-01 to 2025-03-02 · near Levings, Pulaski, Illinois

Event narrative

Late February flooding continued into early March along the Ohio River at Olmsted. Minor flooding of low-lying fields and woodlands in the flood plain continued. River levels fell just below flood very early on the 2nd.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1240582. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.