Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$50K
Area
Buchanan
Event narrative (NOAA)
Small streams started to flood by evening on the 4th. Guess Fork flooded roads around Hurley. ||Around 2245E on the 4th, a 61 year old man drove his car into flood waters near the mouth of Hurricane Creek with the Russell Fork. This was along Route 80. His car was washed into the water. His body was recovered the next day. A female occupant of the car was able to escape.
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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.