1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An upper-level trough crossed the Four Corners region and dipped into northern Mexico on February 14, 2025. In response, deep southwesterly flow set up over the Lower Mississippi Valley and advected Gulf moisture poleward.
Read the full account →Rainfall of between 5 and 11 inches fell on West Tennessee between November 26 and November 29. This produced widespread flooding across the region. Numerous roads were closed. Numerous homes and businesses flooded with as much as 6' of water in some houses.
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 →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 →Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed throughout the day on July 28. During the morning hours, thunderstorms repeatedly developed and moved across areas of Perry, Lewis, and Lawrence Counties, resulting in significant flash flooding.
Read the full account →An upper level low pressure system tracked southeastward from the St. Louis area through the Mid-South on August 17th-18th, 2014. The upper level low interacted with daytime heating to produce showers and thunderstorms across the area during the afternoon and evening hours on…
Read the full account →As a slow moving cold front moved west to east across Middle Tennesssee during the late morning through afternoon hours on Sunday, January 13th, an area of showers and thunderstorms developed along and ahead of this cold front.
Read the full account →Despite a well developed surface and aloft low pressure center weakening as it continued to move to the east out of the Southern Mississippi River Valley Region, it continued to usher in rich southerly moisture across the region.
Read the full account →With abundant moisture and instability, the ingredients were there for another summer-like day across Middle Tennessee with scattered convection during the afternoon and evening of April 25, 2025. With little wind shear and forcing, these thunderstorms were non-severe.
Read the full account →With abundant moisture and instability, the ingredients were there for another summer-like day across Middle Tennessee with scattered convection during the afternoon and evening of April 25, 2025. With little wind shear and forcing, these thunderstorms were non-severe.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon of May 2, 2025. With abundant instability and moisture and with the help of a front moving through the area, all the ingredients were present to allow for these thunderstorms to become severe.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon of May 2, 2025. With abundant instability and moisture and with the help of a front moving through the area, all the ingredients were present to allow for these thunderstorms to become severe.
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 →Rainfall of between 5 and 11 inches fell on West Tennessee between November 26 and November 29. This produced widespread flooding across the region. Numerous roads were closed. Numerous homes and businesses flooded with as much as 6' of water in some houses.
Read the full account →A warm front pushed north from the gulf coast and stalled across northern sections of the Mid-South during the early morning hours on February 24th. Widespread showers and thunderstorms developed along the stalled front producing very heavy rain.
Read the full account →Governor Phil Bredesen has requested a federal designation of agricultural disaster for 22 counties in East and Middle Tennessee to help farmers who suffered agricultural and property damages as a result of recent storms in September and October.
Read the full account →Governor Phil Bredesen has requested a federal designation of agricultural disaster for 22 counties in East and Middle Tennessee to help farmers who suffered agricultural and property damages as a result of recent storms in September and October.
Read the full account →Governor Phil Bredesen has requested a federal designation of agricultural disaster for 22 counties in East and Middle Tennessee to help farmers who suffered agricultural and property damages as a result of recent storms in September and October.
Read the full account →A cold front approached the Mid-South on Independence Day 2009. Showers and thunderstorms developed out ahead of the front during the late afternoon and early evening hours on the 4th. The storms continued into the morning hours of July 5th before dissipating.
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 →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 →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 →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…
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