The 2019 January-to-May period was the wettest on record for the U.S., with multiple severe weather outbreaks through May in the Midwest, High Plains, and South exacerbating the flooding and causing additional damage.

[2][3][4] Throughout late May and early June, rain in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri caused every site on the Mississippi River to record a top-five crest.

[7] Although $12 billion in aid was made "available to farmers who lost money due to the trade war" the previous year, Reuters reported that the USDA had "no program to cover the catastrophic and largely uninsured stored-crop losses from the widespread flooding.

[9] The money was distributed throughout 5 towns, 5 counties, four families who had loved ones die in the flood, and the largest chunk (1/3) went to the Nebraska Farm Bureau to go directly to agriculture and farmer needs.

[10] On September 17, 2019, a third round of flooding along the Missouri River was considered likely, due to heavy rains of up to "four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska.

"[11] On October 28, 2019, it was predicted that the prolonged Missouri River flooding, which lasted as long as seven months in some locations, could continue all winter, with no end in sight.

This quickly melted the snow, and the frozen ground was not able to absorb any meaningful amount, which led to unprecedented runoff into local streams and rivers.

[16] Saturated soils, combined with elevated river flow from the previous fall, led to severe, widespread flooding across the middle of the United States.

[17] As of September 17, 2019, a third round of flooding along the Missouri River was considered likely, due to heavy rains of up to "four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska.

Western Iowa suffered severe impacts, especially in the Missouri River Valley south of Council Bluffs.

[34] On April 5, the city of Glenwood was still "trucking in more than 6,000-gallon tanks of water to provide the roughly 275,000 gallons its residents ... [were] using each day.

On March 21, a state of emergency was issued by Governor Mike Parson, who said: The rising floodwaters are affecting more Missouri communities and farms, closing more roads and threatening levees, water treatment plants and other critical infrastructure.

[48] The Platte and Elkhorn Rivers had overflowed their levees in the greater Omaha region, and some communities were put under a mandatory evacuation order.

[50] This remained the case days later, with national guard military convoys being set up to get food and other supplies into the city.

Offutt Air Force Base had extensive flooding from the Missouri River, inundating 30 buildings and 3,000 ft (910 m) of their only runway.

[52] Camp Ashland, one of the Nebraska National Guard's main training sites, was also extensively damaged, with 51 of 62 buildings affected.

[58] Volunteers from Ohio's Rural America Relief mounted a 10 truck convoy to North Bend with supplies for farm cleanup, "including four Gators to access the saturated fields.

"[59] After the 2011 Missouri River Flood, "it took years for some affected fields to be cleaned of debris and sand," according to a Nebraska DOT official.

[62][63] Widespread spring flooding "damaged homes, public infrastructure, hundreds of roads and thousands of acres of farmland in 19 counties in western, south central and eastern North Dakota," and resulted in $16.6 million in federal funds and state loans.

"[66] In March 2019, a powerful blizzard dumped up to two feet of snow in South Dakota, followed by rapidly warming temperatures that left flooding in its wake.

[67] In September 2019, "heavy rains dumped more than four times what is normal in parts of Montana, North and South Dakota and Nebraska.