Flood in Vernon County, Missouri
Flood December 28, 2015 · Vernon County, Missouri
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 29 year old male duck hunter drowned when his flat-bottomed kayak type of boat overturned while trying to return to shore during 30 mph winds and rising water. The area of water in which he was hunting was normally controlled at a depth of two feet; however, the region was flooded by the confluence of the Marmaton and Little Osage Rivers. Time and date was estimated.
The wider storm
A slow moving and strong weather system caused several rounds of very heavy and record breaking rainfall to occur across the Missouri Ozarks which led to historic and deadly flooding.
Began near Fair Haven (38.0265, -94.2433).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 614497. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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