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Flash FloodLyon, Kansas

July 10, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Lyon

Event narrative (NOAA)

Flooding over the Kansas turnpike at mile marker 118. This shut down the northbound lanes. A 21 year old male driver hydroplaned and lost control of his vehicle. The vehicle left the road and was then swept downstream by the flood waters. He was not able to survive.

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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.

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