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FloodNelson, Kentucky

November 29, 2011 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$15K
Area
Nelson

Event narrative (NOAA)

A man died during the evening of November 29th, when he drove his vehicle around a barricade and attempted to cross a flooded low spot in the road where Bull Run Creek crosses Kentucky State Highway 46. He lost control of his vehicle and hit another vehicle already disabled in the flood water, then drowned when his vehicle was washed off the road and submerged.

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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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