Posted on by Ron Rothhaas

This weekend will mark the 18th anniversary of the 1997 flood event on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers

This weekend will mark the 18th anniversary of the 1997 flood event on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. On March 1st and 2nd, as much as 12 inches of rainfall fell over portions of Ohio and Kentucky causing a record crest at Red River Landing, LA and a Top 5 crest at Cario, IL. The 1997 crest at Red River Landing, LA was exceeded again in 2011. Here is a picture from our upstream River Forecast Center showing the flood impacts in Cincinnati, OH.

'This weekend will mark the 18th anniversary of the 1997 flood event on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. On March 1st and 2nd, as much as 12 inches of rainfall fell over portions of Ohio and Kentucky causing a record crest at Red River Landing, LA and a Top 5 crest at Cario, IL. The 1997 crest at Red River Landing, LA was exceeded again in 2011. Here is a picture from our upstream River Forecast Center showing the flood impacts in Cincinnati, OH.'