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Flash Flood — Lawrence, TN

Sep 13, 2020

A stationary frontal boundary stalled across the central portions of Middle Tennessee from Saturday, September 12, 2020 into Sunday, September 13, 2020. Persistent southwest flow aloft brought copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture northward and interacted with this boundary, causing a roughly 7 hour period of nearly continuous heavy rain and thunderstorms. Rainfall totals reached 5 to over 8 in some locations, resulting in major flash flooding and river flooding along a narrow corridor acro

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 921850). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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