Flash Flood — Independence, Arkansas
October 29, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$15K
Area
Independence
Event narrative (NOAA)
A pickup truck was swept off Webber Chapel Road into an unnamed creek. The driver was killed after being swept downstream. A passenger in the vehicle saved himself by clinging to a tree.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.