Event narrative (NOAA)
Very heavy rain up to 20 inches produced devastating flooding across Crockett County. As many as 25 roads and bridges were flooded or washed out. At the peak of the flooding, most of the county roads were closed. Some rescues occurred from the flood waters. In total, 49 houses sustained some kind of flood damage. Of those, thirteen were completely destroyed. Three businesses were damaged as well. A few apartment complexes, farm buildings and other structures were affected by the flood waters. The flash flood event transitioned into a flood event by late in the afternoon as heavy rain allowed rivers to rapidly rise and overflow their banks.
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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.