opened as shelters for flood refugees in Port Lavaca. The Texas Department of State Health Services sent water and sanitation teams to the areas affected by the storm, as well as 3,000 shots of typhoid vaccine. In addition, Calhoun County was declared a disaster area. Overall, the storm caused $3.6 million and 15 fatalities in the state of Texas. Elsewhere Elsewhere along the Gulf Coast of the United States, light to moderate rainfall was reported in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana. In both states, affects were minimal, and rainfall was generally less than . To the north of Texas in the state of Oklahoma, precipitation was also light, peaking at in Kiamichi. The storm brought moderate to heavy rainfall throughout Arkansas. Much of the state reported at least , while precipitation in some areas was more than . The Ouachita River reached flood stage at Arkadelphia. Three children drowned near Redfield after the car they were occupying was swept off U.S. Route 65 and fell into a ditch. Near Hot Springs, high winds damaged a few buildings. In Tennessee, much of the state reported precipitation, though it was generally no more than . Heavy rainfall was reported in Kentucky, peaking at in Dunmor, making it the wettest tropical cyclone in the history of that state. Light precipitation was reported in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri; none of those states experienced more than of rain. The storm dropped rainfall was far north as Michigan and Wisconsin. In those two states, precipitation was generally light, and did not exceed . Rainfall totals reached in Wisconsin and Michigan, respectively. See also List of wettest tropical cyclones in the United States Hurricane Carla (1961) Tropical Storm Candy (1968) Tropical Storm Grace (2003) References External links Monthly Weather Review Rainfall Map Texas tropical_storm Hurricanes in Oklahoma Hurricanes in Mississippi Hurricanes in Arkansas Hurricanes in Tennessee Hurricanes in Missouri Hurricanes in Illinois Hurricanes in Indiana Hurricanes in Michigan 1960 natural disasters in the United States Floods in Texas Atlantic tropical storms