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Heavy Rain — Harrison, West Virginia
May 4, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 34 year old woman was killed, when a 70 foot tall tree fell up a slight hill and smashed through the middle of her mobile home. She was sitting inside watching television. The freak accident occurred as the heavier rains were diminishing. The ground was saturated with some soil erosion around the tree. The wind was blowing at about 10 to 20 mph. Her husband and 2 children were also inside. Her 6 year old daughter was slightly injured with abrasions on her leg.||Emergency responders were slowed by water over the roads from small streams. A fire truck became stuck in the water and had to be removed by a large tow truck.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.