Rainfall from the hurricane spread across East Texas, with the heaviest rains occurring near the state border with Louisiana and tapering farther west. The highest precipitation total was in San Augustine; however, rainfall totals were likely undermeasured as the rain gauges could not accurately measure rain blown horizontally by the winds. Eighteen weather stations set 24-hour rainfall records for the month of August. On August 18, of rain was measured in McKinney, setting a 24-hour rainfall record for Collin County; a total of rain throughout the storm. Significant flooding occurred along the Sabine and Neches rivers, with minor flooding along the ends of the Trinity River. Supplied by rainfall amounts throughout their watersheds, the Sabine and Neches rivers remained flooded for the remainder of August, expanding to a width of in some locations. The rivers reached their highest stages on August 23, with the Neches River at Beaumont reaching a stage of ; this was the highest river stage for Beaumont since river observations began in September 1903. The elevated Neches River inundated a wide section of Orange County.