Claudette produced torrential rains in both Texas and Louisiana when it made landfall. The highest one-day total was reported near Alvin, Texas where of rain fell. This remained as the highest twenty-four-hour rainfall record for any location in the United States until the 2018 Kauai floods, when of rain fell in 24 hours in Waipā Garden, Kauai, Hawaii. Two other towns also reported rainfall totals exceeding . There was only one death from drowning and Louisiana received only minor damage from up to of rainfall. Texas was hard hit by Claudette, with flooding reported in southeast Texas from up to of rainfall. Many residents had to be rescued from low-lying areas that were flooded.