Event narrative (NOAA)
Moderate flooding occurred along the White River. There was extensive flooding of bottomland fields and woods in northern Pike County. Floodwaters came onto State Route 257 east of Petersburg, resulting in a fatality. A vehicle containing a man and his wife drove into floodwaters just south of the State Route 257 bridge, then became submerged. The couple got out of the vehicle and clung to some tree branches in the water. The man and a dog were rescued, but the body of the man's wife was not found for several days. The man was transported to a regional hospital for treatment of hypothermia. The submerged pickup truck was located about 75 yards from the roadway. Some bottomland county roads were flooded, some by several feet of water. County roads that were flooded east of State Route 57 in
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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.