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COMET Case Study 040:Kansas City Flash Flood
Summary
The Kansas city flood hit the afternoon and evening of October 4, 1998. Parts of the metropolitan area received almost eight inches of rain that day with some locations hit by a five-inch deluge in one hour. The downpours resulted in considerable flash flooding, 12 deaths, and millions of dollars in damage.Objectives:
This case provides an example of an urban flash flood.
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Additional Information
Related links:- info: COMET Case Study Library on the WWW
- homepage: c40_04oct98
Temporal coverage
Begin date: 1998-10-04 00:00:00, End date: 1998-10-05 23:59:59Spatial coverage
Minimum latitude: 33.000000, Minimum longitude: -105.000000Maximum latitude: 41.000000, Maximum longitude: -86.000000