Flood in St. Clair County, Illinois

Flood June 2, 2019 – June 12, 2019 · St. Clair County, Illinois

$8.1M

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. There was at least $8.1 million in damage to the infrastructure along the Mississippi River due to the river flooding in St. Clair County.

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 Venice (38.6598, -90.1833).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861557. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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