Dec 25, 2015
Numerous systems affecting the Tennessee valley earlier in the month set the stage widespread flash flooding and areal flooding across much of the region during the final week of 2015. Numerous roads across several counties we closed as very heavy, persistent rainfall prompted many rivers, streams, and low lying areas to flood. One fatality was reported during this end of the year flood event. ||A stalled frontal boundary draped SW to NE laid across the area from the 21st through the 23rd, wi
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 609683). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lawrence County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.