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| Cherokee Bayou |
| May 2 to 3, 1959 |
| Heavy rain May 2-3 covered all of Cherokee Bayou
Basin, a tributary to the Sabine River. The rainfall lasted
4-6 hours with official totals of as much as 11 in. Bucket surveys
indicated rainfall amounts of as much as 13.8 in. The heaviest
rainfall was on the part of the watershed upstream of the dam
that forms Lake Cherokee. |
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| Deaths and Damage: |
Severe flooding caused three deaths, and damage was estimated
at slightly more than $1 million. |
| Max. Precipitation: |
13.80 in. |
| Severity: |
Major Storm |
| Storm Center(s): |
Gregg Co., Cherokee Bayou
Rusk Co. |
| References:
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Hendricks, 1964b, p. 41-42 |
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