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Flood — Van Buren, TN

Apr 23, 2017

Widespread showers and thunderstorms spread across Middle Tennessee in the early morning hours on April 22 and continued into the next day on April 23. One supercell thunderstorm developed and tracked across Wayne, Lawrence, and Giles Counties, producing many reports of large hail and wind damage. Heavy rainfall from all of the showers and thunderstorms also produced widespread reports of flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 694300). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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

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