Flood — Jersey, Illinois

2019-06-02 to 2019-06-12 · near Elsah, Jersey, Illinois

Event narrative

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.

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 861558. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.