Flood — Madison, Illinois

2019-06-02 to 2019-06-12 · near Clifton Terrace, Madison, Illinois

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 861555. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.