May 29, 2012
From the mid morning hours through the early evening hours on Tuesday, May 29th, across ten counties in Middle Tennessee, as successive lines of showers and thunderstorms moved through during the mid morning hours and through the afternoon hours respectively, some thunderstorms reached severe thresholds producing thunderstorm wind damage. There was also flash flooding in Benton County and a lightning strike in Stewart County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 375501). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Benton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.