Mar 17, 2002
Dickenson County was on the northern fringe of an area of heavy rain that hit Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and southwest Virginia late on Sunday the 17th and into the early morning hours of Monday the 18th. Rains of 2.5 to 3.5 inches fell over the southern portion of the county in less than 24 hours. An automated rain gauge near Herald measured 3.1 inches, while one gauge near Trammel had 2.8 inches. The cooperative observer at Clintwood had 2.6 inches. Earlier rains, on the 16th into the
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5282939). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dickenson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.