Event narrative (NOAA)
Numerous streets were closed due to high water after four to six inches of rain fell across the county, including Loop 12 near White Rock Lake. Voluntary evacuations were in place for residents of DeSoto near Ten Mile Creek which overflowed its banks for the second time in less than four years. A total of sixteen roads were closed in the area. Another rescue was needed after a van stalled in high water near Lawnview Avenue and Military Parkway. There was widespread flooding in Lancaster with numerous homes flooded. Lancaster's fire department performed five high water rescues. Two teenagers were playing near a creek near Interstate 635 and Bruton Road when one of them was swept into the water and then into a drainage pipe. His body was recovered the next day.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.