Apr 10, 1997
General 6" rain amounts, with isolated totals near 14 inches were reported around Lavaca County. Hwy 95 was closed from Yoakum to Shiner, with widespread closures across the county. One man drowned in his truck while trying to get to Hallettsville to his job around 0100CST. It had not rained where he had been staying, but he ran into the flooding as he approached Breslau. His truck was swept off the road and he drowned. Two other couples, returning to Yoakum from near Sweet Home, had their
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5599954). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lavaca County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.