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Flash Flood — Carroll, TN

May 10, 2013

Property Damage
$50K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

An upper level disturbance interacted with a moist and unstable airmass across West Tennessee to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms during the morning of May 10, 2013. Storms continually moved across Carroll County resulting in several inches of rainfall and numerous reports of flash flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 457019). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Carroll, TN

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

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