Flood in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

Flood April 30, 2026 · Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

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What the National Weather Service wrote

Minor flooding began at the very end of April along the Mississippi River near Cape Girardeau, with limited impacts to low-lying areas. Flooding continued into May.

The wider storm

Well above normal April rainfall upstream along the Ohio River from East Central Missouri and Central Illinois to Iowa/Wisconsin resulted in river levels on the Mississippi River rising into minor flood at Chester and Cape Girardeau to end the month, with minor flooding continuing into May. Impacts were limited to bottomland agricultural areas.

Began near Cape Girardeau (37.3374, -89.4757).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1331156. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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