Feb 14, 2003
Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas. This rainfall combined with a melting snowpack (reports of up to a foot in the higher elevations) to produce widespread flooding of rivers and streams with numerous mudslides also reported (one notable mudslide pushed an apartment complex off its foundation in Knox County). The Powell, Clinch and Holston rivers measured the most
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5342858). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Campbell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.