Feb 23, 2019
A stationary frontal boundary stalled near the Tennessee Valley for nearly a week in mid to late February 2019. Persistent southwest flow aloft brought copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture northward and interacted with this boundary for many days, causing a prolonged period of heavy rain and flooding throughout Middle Tennessee from Tuesday, February 19 through early Sunday, February 24. Due to the heavy rainfall that had already fallen earlier in the month along with the already unusually
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 811389). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Davidson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.