Flood — Reno, Kansas

2019-06-01 · near Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas

Event narrative

A gentleman was ejected from an ATV when he encountered a washed out section of road from heavy rains 5 to 6 days earlier. He landed in a puddle of water and the ATV then landed on top of him pinning him to the ground and under water causing him to drown.

The road in question did not have any flowing water at the time and was dry with a few residual puddles remaining.

Rainfall from several days earlier caused minor field flooding in which water ran from one field across the road into another field. The flow of water eroded portions of the road.

Wider weather episode

Isolated severe storms developed over southeast Kansas on June 1st, 2019. Hail up to quarter size was reported with the storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 855506. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.