At Memphis , Tennessee , the Mississippi was over flood stage for 63 days , more than that of the historic 1927 flood , and the river was above flood stage for an even longer 107 days at upstream Cairo , Illinois . Out of the seven largest floods on the Mississippi between 1927 and 1997 , the 1973 event ranked third in both volume discharged and duration but only sixth in flood height . Over $ 250 million of damages were incurred mainly in the Mississippi Valley states of Missouri , Arkansas , Tennessee , Mississippi and Louisiana
1927 flood
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927
Mississippi flood of 1973