Flood in Jersey County, Illinois

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

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Mississippi River at Grafton, IL remained at it's highest levels between the morning of June 2nd and the morning of June 12th. In Grafton, a number of homes and businesses on the west side of Illinois Route 100 were flooded during this 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 Elsah (38.9425, -90.3472).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861558. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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