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Flash Flood — Fentress, TN

Nov 30, 2010

Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

As a broad area of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee, mainly through the morning hours of Tuesday, November 30th, several counties experienced heavy rainfall. This resulted in flash flooding across several counties east of Interstate 65, with most of the locations affected being across the Cumberland Plateau Region.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 268087). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Fentress, TN

This event is one of many recorded floods in Fentress County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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