Jun 6, 1996
Slow moving thunderstorms produced very heavy rainfall on already saturated ground. A 9-year-old boy was killed after being swept into a storm sewer in Oakland City. The boy was playing in the drainage ditch in his front yard and got swept into a flow tube, where he became trapped. The storms caused flooding of low-lying areas, and some roads were closed.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5560267). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gibson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.