Flood Fatalities: April 1998        Monthly Total:  6   Vehicle Related:  4

Day State County Gender Age Circumstances
18 TN Hancock Female ? Victim believed to have walked into stream and drowned
19 TN Blount/Sevier Male 18 Victim was hiking with friends in Smokey Mountain National Park and decided to jump in the creek and never surfaced
26 OK Pontotoc Female 30 Car swept off road and down a tributary of Burris Creek
Female 9
Male 4
27 OK Tulsa Male 39 Car swept off a low-water crossing over Fred Creek in southwest Tulsa. The crossing is a locally known hazard in heavy rain with permanent signs warning of flood hazard.