Flash Flood — Comanche, Oklahoma
2015-05-20 · near (fsi)fort Sill, Comanche, Oklahoma
1
Direct deaths
$30K
Property damage
Event narrative
A man was swept away while attempting to take a vehicle across a low water crossing. The man's body was not found until several days later well downstream. The vehicle was swept into Medicine Creek at Fort Sill.
Wider weather episode
Severe storms developed near a stalled boundary across Oklahoma and the panhandles and moved eastward through the afternoon and evening of the 19th, causing widespread heavy rainfall and additional flooding. One fatality occurred near Cole in McClain county, as a vehicle was swept into floodwaters.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 583275. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.