Drought until the epic flooding started:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/us/missouri-severe-weather-flooding/index.html
April:
https://www.weather.gov/sgf/28-30AprilHistoricFloodingEvent
May:
https://weather.com/storms/severe/news/flood-threat-forecast-south-mississippi-valley-april2017
“Record flooding was observed in 14 locations from this event. Some river gauges in southern Missouri measured crests that had topped previous records standing for over 100 years.
Illinois River near Watts, Oklahoma (previous record: Dec. 28, 2015)
Big Piney at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri (previous record: March 19, 2008)
Black River at Pocahontas, Arkansas (previous record: April 28, 2011)
Current River at Doniphan, Missouri (previous record: March 1, 1904)
Current River at Van Buren, Missouri (previous record: March 26, 1904)
Gasconade River near Hazelgreen, Missouri (previous record: March 19, 2008)
Gasconade River at Jerome, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 30, 2015)
Gasconade River near Rich Fountain, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 30, 2015)
Jacks Fork at Eminence, Missouri (previous record: Nov. 15, 1993)
Meramec River near Steelville, Missouri (previous record: July 27, 1998)
Meramec River near Sullivan, Missouri (previous record: Aug. 1, 1915)
Meramec River near Eureka, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 30, 2015)
North Fork White River near Tecumseh, Missouri (previous record: Aug. 1, 1915)
St. Francis River at Patterson, Missouri (previous record: Dec. 3, 1982)”
Another link from May:
“Mississippi River cresting in flood-hit Illinois, southern Missouri”
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/06/us/flooding-mississippi-river/index.html
ILLINOIS is in a drought, especially south central Illinois. My sister and brother have only seen a few inches since early summer. In the spring there was heavy rain and flooding, then nothing.
http://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-illinois-drought-monitor-map.php