1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →Across mainly northern portions of the eastern half of Middle Tennessee, flooding/flash flooding occurred throughout the day. Showers developed in association with a well developed surface and aloft low pressure center across the Southern Mississippi River Valley Region that…
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms developed across portions of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon of July 9, 2025. Weak steering flow meant that these storms were generally slow-moving.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →An active storm pattern as several mid-level shortwaves crossed the region. An MCV lifted east northeast out of the Ozarks across southern Arkansas. The MCV fired up morning convection across the Mid-South with isolated storm coverage in the afternoon.
Read the full account →Two lines of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee on July 30, 2024. One of these lines moved through the area during the afternoon while the second arrived late in the evening.
Read the full account →Two lines of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee on July 30, 2024. One of these lines moved through the area during the afternoon while the second arrived late in the evening.
Read the full account →A potent shortwave trough rounded the base of a longwave trough through the Mid-South during the afternoon hours. In response to the waves, an upper level disturbance aimed for the Mid-South and crossed during the evening hours.
Read the full account →A potent shortwave trough rounded the base of a longwave trough through the Mid-South during the afternoon hours. In response to the waves, an upper level disturbance aimed for the Mid-South and crossed during the evening hours.
Read the full account →A potent shortwave trough rounded the base of a longwave trough through the Mid-South during the afternoon hours. In response to the waves, an upper level disturbance aimed for the Mid-South and crossed during the evening hours.
Read the full account →A potent shortwave trough rounded the base of a longwave trough through the Mid-South during the afternoon hours. In response to the waves, an upper level disturbance aimed for the Mid-South and crossed during the evening hours.
Read the full account →A potent shortwave trough rounded the base of a longwave trough through the Mid-South during the afternoon hours. In response to the waves, an upper level disturbance aimed for the Mid-South and crossed during the evening hours.
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of thunderstorms impacted Middle Tennessee on May 26, 2024, and into the 27th. The first round of thunderstorms that moved through the area during the morning of the 26th was the strongest, producing damaging winds and very large hail.
Read the full account →A widespread severe weather event impacted Middle Tennessee beginning in the early morning hours of May 8, 2024, and continued through the early morning hours of May 9th.
Read the full account →A widespread severe weather event impacted Middle Tennessee beginning in the early morning hours of May 8, 2024, and continued through the early morning hours of May 9th.
Read the full account →A widespread severe weather event impacted Middle Tennessee beginning in the early morning hours of May 8, 2024, and continued through the early morning hours of May 9th.
Read the full account →A widespread severe weather event impacted Middle Tennessee beginning in the early morning hours of May 8, 2024, and continued through the early morning hours of May 9th.
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