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Flash Flood — Cheatham, TN

Sep 1, 2017

One week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall along the middle Texas coast, a weakened but still intense Tropical Depression Harvey moved across Middle Tennessee from Thursday August 31, 2017 into Friday September 1, 2017. Supercells rotating around Harvey spawned four weak tornadoes in Davidson, Maury, and Perry Counties. In addition, strong northeast winds up to 50 mph associated with the circulation of Harvey brought down numerous trees and power lines in areas along and west of I-65, knockin

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 721713). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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