1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on February 2, becoming more widespread into the evening before ending early on February 3.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall during the first few days of March along with rivers that were already high caused prolonged flooding along the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers as well as their tributaries. Along the Mississippi, the river reached levels that had not been seen since 1937.
Read the full account →A stationary front remained draped across Southern Missouri into Western Kentucky from April 24th, 2011 into April 25th, 2011. A very warm and unstable atmosphere was in place across the Mid-South ahead of the front.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary setup across Western and Middle Tennessee late Friday night (April 30), and remained through the weekend. A persistent southerly flow fed moisture into the area and precipitable water values rose to almost 2 inches, based on data from KOHX upper air…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moved across the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of March 31, 2015. The disturbance interacted with an unstable airmass and produced scattered to numerous thunderstorms across the Mid-South.
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas.
Read the full account →A quasi-stationary front remained located across Northeast Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel, and West Tennessee during the period of August 7th-August 8th, 2014.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee early on April 27 and continued into the afternoon hours as a weak warm frontal boundary was draped across the region. Some flooding was reported in the Nashville metro area.
Read the full account →A frontal boundary setup across Western and Middle Tennessee late Friday night (April 30), and remained through the weekend. A persistent southerly flow fed moisture into the area and precipitable water values rose to almost 2 inches, based on data from KOHX upper air…
Read the full account →Low pressure intensified as it moved northeast along a stationary front stretching from Southwest Arkansas into the Ohio Valley. Deep moisture surged north from the Gulf of Mexico resulting in a large area of heavy showers and thunderstorms moving into western sections of the…
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas.
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas.
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas.
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas.
Read the full account →Four day rainfall totals of two to eight inches fell across east Tennessee, with the highest amounts occurring across the Cumberland Plateau and adjacent valleys areas.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance slowly approached the Mid-South during the evening of April 30th, 2010 as a cold front became stationary to the west. This pattern remained in place through the evening hours of May 2nd, 2010.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell within a few hours on ground already saturated from previous rains. Seventy-seven homes, trwnty siz businesses, four public buildings, and three churches were heavily damaged in the Chattanooga suburbs of Red Bank and Hixson.
Read the full account →The remnants of a tropical depression interacted with a stationary front in Middle Tennessee, resulting in excessive rainfall across several counties east of Interstate 65 corridor.
Read the full account →A weak cold front moving southward out of Kentucky spawned numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on June 4 and continuing throughout the day on June 5. Many reports of damaging winds were received with these storms.
Read the full account →A weak cold front moving southward out of Kentucky spawned numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout Middle Tennessee from the late evening hours on June 4 and continuing throughout the day on June 5. Many reports of damaging winds were received with these storms.
Read the full account →A powerful upper level storm system moved across the region from April 28 into April 29, producing widespread showers and thunderstorms across Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →A large regional severe weather outbreak affected the Tennessee and lower Mississippi Valleys with a mixture of isolated supercells and multicell line segments impacting Middle Tennessee.
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