Thunderstorm Wind — Benton, Missouri
June 12, 2004 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Magnitude
70 EG
Area
Benton
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two men were fishing on Truman Lake near Warsaw while a squall line rapidly pushed across the lake and swamped their boat. Vance Wiles age 40, drowned as he tried to swim to shore without a life jacket. The other passenger Mark Johnson age 37, was wearing a life jacket and survived the accident.
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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.