Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$20K
Area
Butler
Event narrative (NOAA)
Flash flooding of drainage ditch number 1 for the Black River apparently caused a drowning fatality. A vehicle travelling along a small farm road parallel to the ditch got stuck in mud. The male victim was located several days later about 400 yards south of his pickup truck and six feet from the bank of the ditch. The search was suspended for about two days to allow the water to recede.
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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.