Flood in Madison County, Illinois

Flood June 2, 2019 – June 12, 2019 · Madison County, Illinois

$24.8M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Mississippi River at Alton, IL remained at it's highest levels between the evening of June 2nd and the evening of June 12th. America's Central Port in Granite City sustained at least $11.25 million in damage from the river flooding. Overall, Madison County sustained at least $24.8 million from this river flood event.

The wider storm

After a very snowy winter across the upper Midwest and numerous rounds of heavy rain across the Missouri and Mississippi River basins through the spring and early summer months, the rivers rose to record levels. The flooding was not quite as high as 1993, but a number of sites had record river levels in the top 5.

Began near Clifton Terrace (38.9230, -90.2726).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861555. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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