1995 — Aug 23-28, Tropical Storm Jerry, especially FL, SC, NC — 13
— 13 Blanchard tally based on State breakouts below.
— >7 Northwest Florida Daily News. “Carolinas mop up mess left by Jerry.” 8-29-1995, 2A.[1]
— 6 NCDC, NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995, p. 10 (flash flooding deaths).
— 6 Pasch (NHC). Preliminary Report. Tropical Storm Jerry 22-28 August 1995. 1-31-1996.
Florida (3) (Indirect)
— 3 Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below.
— 2 NCDC, NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995, p. 28 of 143.[2]
–1 Collier County. Electrocution; male, 21.[3]
–1 Collier County. Disease. “A boy died of disease after playing in flood waters.”
— 2 Wikipedia. “Tropical Storm Jerry (1995). 5-16-2014 modification. (No citation)
— >1 Orlando vic., Bee Line Expy., Aug 24. Trucker crashes his rig through retaining wall.[4]
North Carolina (4)
— 4 AP. “State mops up from flooding.” Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, NC. 8-29-1995, p. 1D.
— 4 Blanchard tally of breakouts below.
— 4 Drownings; flash flooding, Aug 27-28. NCDC. Storm Data, V37, N8, Aug 1995, p. 65.
Alamance County:
3 NC 49, Aug 27. Drowning; car into water; Bessie Jackson, 74; Eve Taylor, 42, son Blake, 14.[5]
1 NC 119, Aug 27, ~Mebane. Drowning; firefighter attempting to rescue car driver.[6]
— 3 Pasch (NHC). Preliminary Report. Tropical Storm Jerry 22-28 August 1995. 1-31-1996.
South Carolina (6)
— 6 Blanchard tally based on breakouts below.
— 3 Greenville, Cherokee Counties. NCDC. Storm Data, V37, N8, Aug 1995, p. 92.
— 3 Pasch (NHC). Preliminary Report. Tropical Storm Jerry 22-28 August 1995. 1-31-1996.
County Breakout:
Cherokee County: (1)
–1 Gaffney, Aug 27. Drowning; Bryant Eagle, 8, falls into flooded drainage ditch.[7]
Greenville County: (2)
–1 Greenville (eastside), Aug 27. Drowning; wading after car stalled; young man.[8]
–1 Taylors, Aug 27. Drowning in creek; young man (Douty); rescue attempt.[9]
Lexington County: (1)
–1 Lexington vicinity, Aug 27. Weather-related car accident. Male (Dallaire), 28.[10]
Spartanburg County: (1)
–1 Bennett’s Bridge Rd., Abner Creek, Aug 27. Drowning; car into creek. Female, 20.[11]
County not noted: (1)
–1 I-85, Aug 27. Weather-related car accident; Timothy Baughman, 28.[12]
Causes of Death:
Drownings: (8)
–3 NC, Alamance Co., NC 49, Aug 27. Car into water; Bessie Jackson, 74; Eve Taylor, 42, son Blake, 14.
–1 NC, Alamance Co., NC 119 ~Mebane, Aug 27. Firefighter attempting to rescue car driver.
–1 SC, Cherokee Co., Gaffney, Aug 27. Drowning; boy, 8, falls into flooded drainage ditch.
–1 SC Greenville Co., Greenville (eastside), Aug 27. Wading after car stalled; young man.
–1 SC, Greenville Co., Taylors, creek, Aug 27. Drowning; young man (Douty); rescue attempt.
–1 SC, Spartanburg Co., Bennett’s Bridge Rd., Abner Creek, Aug 27. Car into creek. Female, 20.
Electrocution: (1)
–1 FL. Collier County. Electrocution; male, 21.
Health-Related: (1)
–1 FL. Collier County. Disease. “A boy died of disease after playing in flood waters.”
Traffic Accidents: (3)
–1 FL. Orlando vic., Bee Line Expy., Aug 24. Trucker crashes his rig through retaining wall.
–1 SC. Lexington Co., Lexington vic., Aug 27. Weather-related car accident. Male (Dallaire), 28.
–1 SC. I-85, Aug 27. Weather-related car accident; Timothy Baughman, 28.
Narrative Information
Florida
NCDC: “[Aug] 23…Tropical Storm Jerry [Aug] 24…Flash Flood [Aug] 25-31 Flood. Tropical storm Jerry formed quickly in the northwest Bahamas, moved ashore in extreme northeast Palm Beach County, and tracked northwest across the peninsula to north of Tampa. Maximum winds at landfall were 35 knots with gusts to 43 knots measured at Lake Worth Inlet…The storm surge along the southeast Florida coast was minimal. In Palm Beach County rains of six to eight inches produced mostly minor flooding of roads and a few residences. The heavy rain flooded a boat which caused fuel to slosh out starting a fire that destroyed the $70 thousand vessel and did $10 thousand damage to a neighboring boat. Maximum rainfall amounts of 10 to 16 inches fell on Collier and Mainland Monroe counties, and adjacent sections of west Hendry and Glades counties, as well as Lee and Charlotte Counties. This rain, along with the subsequent sheet flow and additional heavy rains the last few days of August, produced extensive flooding of roadways and property that lasted through early September. Sand bags were used to protect property, and a number of people were evacuated to emergency shelters. Three hundred and forty residences in Collier County were damaged by flood waters, 12 of which became uninhabitable, with insured and uninsured property losses around $500 thousand; agricultural losses in Collier County were estimated at $1 million. Flood damages elsewhere in south Florida were estimated at $100 thousand.” (NCDC, NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995, p. 28 of 143.)
South Carolina
NCDC: “24-28 [Aug]…The remnants of Tropical Storm Jerry moved slowly eastward across the State and produced unusually heavy rains statewide with amounts mostly varying from eight to more than 12 inches in some locations. The heavy rain produced flash flooding in flash flood prone areas, general flooding on many rivers, broke dams, flooded streets, some homes and low-lying farmland. Statewide damage to roads and bridges was estimated by the S.C. Dept. of Transportation to be $4.5 million….There was coastal flooding at times of high tide along South Carolina beaches. The damage over the south coastal counties will likely approach $2 million.” (NOAA. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995, p. 90.)
Sources
Associated Press. “12 Inches of Rain Hit Carolinas – Woman Missing After Her Car is Swept Away,” Seattle Times, WA, 8-28-1995. Accessed 10-23-2014 at: http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950828&slug=2138659
Associated Press. “Jerry Takes Fatal Toll in S.C.” Aiken Standard, SC, 8-28-1995, pp. 1, 3. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=106615646
Associated Press. Southern states mop up after flooding.” News Herald, Panama City, FL. 8-29-1995, 4A. At: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=186470148&sterm=tropical
Associated Press. “State mops up from flooding,” Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, NC, 8-29-1995, D1. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=184731964&sterm
National Climatic Data Center. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995. Asheville, NC: NCDC, NOAA. Accessed 10-24-2014 at: http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/orders/IPS/IPS-278CB6AD-9844-4CAD-99FD-4885099DCEC5.pdf
Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach. “Carolinas mop up mess left by Jerry.” 8-29-1995, 2A. At: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=181977380&sterm=tropical
Orlando Sentinel, FL (Sherri M. Owens and Dan Tracy). “Tropical Storm Jerry douses Florida. Supersoaker Jerry Slogs Through.” 8-25-1995. Accessed 10-23-2014 at: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-08-25/news/9508250171_1_rain-flooding-4-inches
Pasch, Richard J. Preliminary Report. Tropical Storm Jerry 22-28 August 1995. Miami, FL: National Hurricane Center, 1-31-1996. Accessed 10-22-2014: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1995jerry.html
South Carolina Legislature. “S 1011, Session 111 (1995-1996)…Concurrent Resolution…” Columbia, SC, 1-10-1996. Accessed 10-23-2014 at: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/query.php?search=DOC&searchtext=sweet%25&category=LEGISLATION&session=0&conid=6816888&result_pos=0&keyval=1111011&numrows=100
Wikipedia. “Tropical Storm Jerry (1995). 5-16-2014 modification. Accessed 10-23-2014 at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Jerry_%281995%29
[1] Writes, in note concerning the Carolinas, that “at least seven people drowned.”
[2] “Two indirect deaths resulted from flooding in Collier County.”
[3] “A 21-year-old male was electrocuted when he plugged in a refrigerator while standing in flood waters.”
[4] “Rain-slick roads contributed to a fatal accident near the theme parks when a truck driver crashed his rig through a retaining wall on the Bee Line Expressway. The truck fell to the Interstate 4 exit ramp below, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The driver, Gary R. Rice, 49 of Riverside was killed instantly.” Orlando Sentinel, FL (Sherri M. Owens and Dan Tracy). “Tropical Storm Jerry douses Florida. Supersoaker Jerry Slogs Through.” 8-25-1995.
[5] “Three members of a Roxboro family died when their car went off N.C. 49 and into a creek in Alamance County. Bessie Jackson, 74; her daughter, Eve Taylor, 42; and Taylor’s 14-year-old son, Blake Taylor, left Winston-Salem about 4 p.m. Sunday, headed for their home in Roxboro…Troopers closed N.C. 49 about 5:45 p.m. ‘It must have happened five or ten minutes before we got there,’ [NC Highway Patrol Sgt.].” Associated Press. “State mops up from flooding,” Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, NC, 8-29-1995, D1.
[6] “Greg Hinson, a Mebane firefighter, was killed Sunday night while attempting to rescue a driver whose car was swept away by flood waters on N.C. 119 in Alamance County, according to the Highway Patrol. Raging flood waters dragged the car, Hinson and another rescue worker off the road. The driver and one rescue worker swam to a tree, but Hinson was pulled under water. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.” Associated Press. “State mops up from flooding,” Gaston Gazette, Gastonia, NC, 8-29-1995, D1.
[7] “Donna Eagle was standing alongside when her 8-year-old son Bryant slipped and fell into a flooded drainage ditch and was sucked into a storm pipe. ‘We couldn’t grab him. It was strong. He didn’t have time to call out,’ she said Sunday night [Aug 27], hours after a rescue team pulled him from the water. He couldn’t be revived.” (Associated Press. “Jerry Takes Fatal Toll in S.C.” Aiken Standard, SC, 8-28-1995, p. 1). Also: “At Gaffney, S.C….8-year-old Bryant Eagle was skateboarding on a sidewalk when he fell into a flooded drainage ditch and was sucked into a storm pipe. His mother, Donna Eagle, said she tried to pull him out.” (AP. “12 Inches of Rain Hit Carolinas – Woman Missing After Her Car is Swept Away,” Seattle Times, WA, 8-28-1995.) Also: NCDC. Storm Data, 37/8, Aug 1995, p. 92.
[8] “A young man died in eastside Greenville while wading after his car stalled. He and three companions were sucked into a vortex and through a culvert. He was the last through and became lodged.” NCDC. Storm Data, 37/8, Aug 1995, p. 92.
[9] “…Christoffer Michael Douty, 18, of Taylors…jumped into a swollen Greenville County creek early Sunday morning to save a teen-age girl. She was sucked through a drain pipe and survived…” (Associated Press. “Jerry Takes Fatal Toll in S.C.” Aiken Standard, SC, 8-28-1995, p. 1.) NCDC also notes a flash flood death at p. 92 in Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995, though the date is noted as Aug 26.
[10] “Authorities blamed two fatal car accidents on the weather….James W. Dallaire Jr., 28, of Lexington, died early Sunday when his car went off the road in Lexington County.” (Associated Press. “Jerry Takes Fatal Toll in S.C.” Aiken Standard, SC, 8-28-1995, p. 1.)
[11] “Authorities held out little hope to find Victoria Marie Cordle, 20, of Greer. She was swept away when a car plunged into a swollen creek. Three other passengers survived.” (Associated Press. “Jerry Takes Fatal Toll in S.C.” Aiken Standard, SC, 8-28-1995, p. 3.) Also: “Whereas Victoria Marie Cordle of Spartanburg County drowned in a tragic accident in August, 1995, when the car in which she was riding plunged into a flooded Abner Creek in Spartanburg County upon hitting a dip in Bennett’s Bridge Road where water had swept over the roadway…” South Carolina Legislature. “S 1011, Session 111 (1995-1996)…Concurrent Resolution…” Columbia, SC, 1-10-96. Date is from: NCDC. Storm Data, Vol. 37, No. 8, Aug 1995, p. 92.
[12] “Authorities blamed two fatal car accidents on the weather. Timothy Baughman, 28, of Hendersonville, N.C., died early Sunday on I-85.” (Associated Press. “Jerry Takes Fatal Toll in S.C.” Aiken Standard, SC, 8-28-1995, p. 1.) I-85 goes through Cherokee, Spartanburg, Greenville and Anderson counties in the west of the state.