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Flash Flood — Fentress, TN

Jun 28, 2018

The final and most damaging day in a week-long series of strong to severe thunderstorm events across Middle Tennessee struck the area during the morning into the early afternoon hours on Thursday June 28. After overnight storms affected the northeast half of Middle Tennessee during the night, additional scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed on an outflow boundary along the I-24 corridor between 7 AM to 9 AM CDT. These storms expanded in coverage and eventually congealed into three s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 770514). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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