Flooding along portions of the Mississippi River

By Scott Bachmeier • 1 June 2019

Landsat-8 False Color RGB images + GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers [click to enlarge]

Landsat-8 False Color RGB image + GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers [click to enlarge]

A comparison of a Landsat-8 False Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) image and the GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers as viewed using RealEarth (above) showed areas of river flooding in the Cape Girardeau, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois areas on 01 June 2019.

The River Flood Areal Extent product — derived using GOES-16 data — as depicted in AWIPS is shown below.

GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product [click to enlarge]

Farther to the northwest, a similar comparison of a Landsat-8 False Color RGB image and the GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers (below) revealed river flooding near St. Louis, Missouri.

Landsat-8 False Color RGB images + GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers [click to enlarge]

Landsat-8 False Color RGB image + GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product near the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers [click to enlarge]

The GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product over this area as depicted in AWIPS is shown below.

GOES-16 River Flood Areal Extent product [click to enlarge]

The Mississippi River has not been as high as it is right now in St. Louis since 1993! At 43.41 ft. the river is now at it's second highest level on record at St. Louis. It's still rising! #stlwx #mowx pic.twitter.com/JkRPkRxPOZ

— NWS St. Louis (@NWSStLouis) June 2, 2019

Maps of 7, 14 and 30-day precipitation (below) depicted heavy rainfall focused across southern Iowa, northern Missouri and northwestern Illinois — it was this heavy rain that exacerbated the ongoing river flooding problems in parts of the central US.

7-day, 14-day and 30-day precipitation ending at 12 UTC on 01 June 2019 [click to enlarge]

Much of the 30-day precipitation north (upstream) of the flooding areas shown above was 4-8 inches above normal, or 200-300% of normal (below).

30-day precipitation, departure and percent of normal ending at 12 UTC on 01 June 2019 [click to enlarge]

Categories: GOES-16, Heavy rain / flooding, Landsat, RealEarth, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images

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Flooding along portions of the Mississippi River