Event narrative (NOAA)
Little Fork was swollen, but not flooding, near its junction with the feeder stream called Leadingham Branch. Rains of 1 to 1.5 inches likely had fallen in the vicinity over the past 24 hours. A lull in the rain occurred during the late afternoon and early evening. ||During the early evening, a 73 year male tried to drive his small vehicle across a low water bridge along the dead end gravel road leading to his home. He was a long time resident there. The low water bridge was a concrete slab in the bed of the creek. There were small pipes embedded in the concrete to handle low stream flow. The vehicle was swept off the bridge. The vehicle was not found until the 2nd of May, when water levels were lower. His body was found inside the vehicle.
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.