Flash Flood — Choctaw, Alabama

2005-03-31 · near Countywide, Choctaw, Alabama

Event narrative

Heavy rains caused several roads across Choctaw county to have standing water in them. Several roads had to be closed for more than an hour due to high water. Radar estimated that five to six inches of rain fell across the county between 630 and 900 AM. A male drowned during the heavy rain event just south of Pushmataha. The sixty-three year old male went to check on some property he used for a hunting camp. The male knew about the flooding and had driven across a bridge that was closed for construction. His truck was then washed off the road. He was able to get out of his truck and was walking along a road and tried to cross a flooded spot in the road. Evidently the water washed him off the road and his body was not found until three days later. Unfortunately, the man passed several locations where he could have escaped the flood waters, but for unknown reasons he chose to keep walking.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5439714. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.