Flood Fatalities: May 2002        Monthly Total: 15   Vehicle Related: 8

Day State County Gender Age Circumstances
2 PA Philadelphia M 13 4 teens swimming in Tookany Creek in Philadelphia, heavy thunderstorm rains caused a rapid rise and one of the boys was unable to get out and swept downstream
2 WV McDowell M ? Body found near Pather WV
2 WV McDowell F ? found near Vivian, WV on Elkhorn Creek
2 VA Buchanan ? ? Reported on Knox Creek
2 KY Pike M 25 Reported as missing - more information pending
7 MO Wright/Texas F 17 Victim died after being swept off a low water crossing on Beaver Creek  along the Wright/Texas County border. 
7 MO Jasper M 47 Victim died after being swept off a low water crossing over Turkey Creek in Joplin (Jasper County) 
7 WV Nicholas  F 20 Car went into swollen Birch River and swept downstream
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9 MO Newton M 62 Victim is missing and presumed dead after being swept off a low water crossing and into Shoal Creek in Joplin, Newton County, MO. 
12 MO Iron M 43 The man was trying to cross Stouts Creek on foot, managed to climb into a tree, but was washed away by rising waters 
12 AR Carroll M 25 Truck swept away by flood waters while trying to cross low-water crossing
13 MO Bollinger M 21 Car was swept off State Highway 34 along the Crooked Creek 1 mile west of Marble Hill, Missouri at 415 am.
16 IL Mason M 8 Child fell into flooded Bath Chute on the Illinois River while playing on docked boat
27 AR Scott F 65 Elderly victim washed downstream in her car while attempting to cross flooded low water crossing