Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$20K
Area
Butler
Event narrative (NOAA)
The Black River rose rapidly above flood stage on the 30th, climbing about 14 feet in 18 hours. The flooding reached the major category as the month was closing out. A drowning occurred when a vehicle was swept off a county road outside of Harviell. The drowning victim was a 69-year-old woman, whose body was found inside her vehicle on May 2. The Black River continued rising beyond the end of the month.
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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.