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Eventdex · Heavy Rain

KANAWHA

555241 · 38.369, -81.602

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Event typeevent_typeDebris Flow
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id555,241
Episode IDepisode_id92,618
Begin UTCbegin_utc2015-03-12T16:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2015-03-13T10:00:00+00:00
StatestateWEST VIRGINIA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameKANAWHA
Latitudelat38.369
Longitudelon-81.602
End latitudeend_lat38.368
End longitudeend_lon-81.601
Flood causeflood_causeHeavy Rain / Snow Melt
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property1.00M
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceNWS Storm Survey
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA large land slide occurred on the 12th at the end of the main runway at Yeager Airport. The slide was part of a large man-made land fill project that extended the hill side. That project was completed in 2007. The vertical rise of that land fill was about 240 feet. The extension was for a safety system at the end of a runway at Yeager Airport. ||The huge land slide reached the hollow below. It engulfed Keystone Drive, 2 houses and a church. Eventually, the slide blocked the creek called Elk Two Mile. The creek was swollen from recent rain and snow melt, but was not flooding prior to the slide. The water backed up behind the slide and flooded 9 homes along Keystone Drive during the day on the 13th. Many of those home had already been evacuated because of the land slide. The water reached its peak before 1000E on the 13th. Contractors dug a diversion channel around the slide to allow Elk Two Mile to drain. ||Meanwhile, a warm front brought more rain back to West Virginia during the late afternoon and evening on the 13th. The additional rain did not cause any more major problems.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeA man-made extension to a steep hill side was constructed and finished back in 2007. It was located at the end of the main runway at Yeager Airport. The large land fill allowed space for an engineered material arresting system for airplane safety. ||A huge section of that steep hill side came sliding down just after 11000E on the 12th. Through the night and into the early morning hours of the 13th, the slide continued to fan out in the hollow below. A church and 2 houses were destroyed by the slide. Power lines and poles were also destroyed.
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