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Flash Flood — Sumner, TN

Apr 27, 2013

Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee early on April 27 and continued into the afternoon hours as a weak warm frontal boundary was draped across the region. Some flooding was reported in the Nashville metro area. Additional showers and thunderstorms formed later in the day on April 27 and continued into April 28. Training thunderstorms caused widespread flash flooding. The worst flash flooding was across Houston, Stewart, and Montgomery counties where many homes an

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 446270). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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