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The Jacobs Creek Flood, also referred to as the Kansas Turnpike Flash Flood, was a flash flood of the Jacobs Creek that occurred on the night of August 30, 2003, southwest of Emporia, Kansas, on the Kansas Turnpike (Interstate 35). The deadly flash flood occurred on Labor Day weekend and killed six people, five inside of vehicles swept away by the floodwaters and one person who was attempting to rescue those trapped. ==August 30, 2003 flood== From 7:00 to 8:00 pm, a slow-moving, low-topped storm with very heavy rainfall rates developed over central Kansas, remaining over eastern Chase and western Lyon counties for several hours. The rain rate over the headwaters of Jacobs Creek is estimated to be several inches per hour with almost of estimated total rainfall by 8:00 pm. At 8:30 pm, the culvert carrying Jacobs Creek reached capacity and the flowing water began to accumulate behind the elevated embankment of the Kansas Turnpike near milepost 116. Water begins to spill onto the northbound lanes of the interstate. 9:00 PM: The accumulating water from Jacobs Creek crosses the northbound lanes and begins to accumulate against the barriers dividing northbound and southbound traffic. Cars in the northbound lanes begin to stall and traffic is blocked. Within the next 30 minutes, the water level reaches the top of the median barriers and begins spilling into the southbound lanes of the turnpike. People begin to abandon flooded vehicles. 9:01 PM: KHP Trooper Marc McCune arrived as the "first on the scene". 9:21 PM: Chase County Sheriff's department 9-1-1 dispatcher instructed stalled drivers to "stay put".〔Mann, Fred. ''Rising panic''. The Wichita Eagle, 2003-09-07.〕 9:29 PM: A 'turnpike official' advised dispatch to ... shut down (road ).〔 At 9:35 PM, the force of the accumulated water spilling over the median barriers caused 12 of them to collapse, and the backed-up water surged over the roadway, carrying seven vehicles downstream into Jacobs Creek. Total rainfall was estimated to be from to and the peak flow of Jacobs Creek at the Kansas Turnpike was estimated to be . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacobs Creek Flood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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