A series of floods effecting the Mississippi river basin in 2019
Map of the course, watershed, and major tributaries of the Mississippi River
Flooding in the Mississippi River Basin during the winter, spring, and summer of 2019 caused at least 12 deaths and economic losses in 19 states totaling in excess of $20 billion.[1][2] Estimated damages in the Midwestern United States alone had reached $12.5 billion by April 2019.[3][4] Flood damages totaling $6.2 billion were reported in the 11 states bordering the Mississippi River.[1][2] In addition to property and crop losses and infrastructure damages, commercial navigation on the Mississippi River was interrupted repeatedly by high currents, low bridge clearances, and closed locks. This delayed shipments of agricultural commodities, adding to the economic stress of crop losses caused by flooding. As of late April 2019, shipments of corn to export terminals in Louisiana were 31% lower than in same period in 2018.[5][6]
Flooding along the Mississippi River was not the result of a single weather event. Instead, a series of flood events in tributary basins produced Mississippi River flooding of record duration. Flooding along the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers in the winter was followed by catastrophic floods in portions of the Midwestern United States in the early spring and record flooding along the Arkansas River in late May. While the Mississippi River floods of 2019 set records for duration and total volume, only a few locations along the Mississippi River saw record stages or flows.
^ ab"U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (2020)". National Centers for Environmental Information. NOAA. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
^ abGwinner, Jim (5 March 2020). "Mississippi River Mayors AmplifyStaggering 2019 Flood Costs, Unveil Federal Policy Priorities, and Preview Flood Risk Outlook for 2020" (PDF). Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^Cusick, Daniel. "Today's Floods Occur along "a Very Different" Mississippi River". Climatewire. E&E News. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^Roach, John (5 April 2019). "Flood damage and economic loss in the heartland to reach $12.5 billion this spring". AccuWeather Weather News. AccuWeather, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^Sullivan, Brian K.; Singh, Shruti; Parker, Mario (10 June 2018). "Hundreds of Barges Stalled as Floods Hinder Midwest Supplies". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
^Moore, Kirk (3 May 2019). "Coast Guard closes five miles on Mississippi after St. Louis bridge allision". Workboat. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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