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Flash Flood — Hawkins, TN

Sep 27, 2025

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developing during the morning of the 27th across eastern Tennessee, lasting into the early afternoon hours. The slow moving nature of these storms produced some rainfall totals in the 3 to 5 inch range for portions of Hawkins and Sevier counties, leading to some reports of flooding there.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1294715). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Hawkins, TN

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