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Tennessee Flood Stories

1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Tropical Storm$30K damage

Tipton, TN · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina had weakened to a tropical storm when it reached West Tennessee. The front porch of a house was torn off in Covington (Tipton County). A satellite dish was torn from the roof of a house and a camper trailer had some windows broken in Covington as well.

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Tropical Storm$30K damage

Henderson, TN · Aug 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina had weakened to a tropical storm when it reached West Tennessee. The front porch of a house was torn off in Covington (Tipton County). A satellite dish was torn from the roof of a house and a camper trailer had some windows broken in Covington as well.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Sullivan, TN · Jul 17, 2013

Severe thunderstorms formed in a moist and moderately to strongly unstable air mass situated on the periphery of a large Upper Level High Pressure System over the Ohio Valley. The storms produced mostly wind damage.

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Flash Flood

Coffee, TN · Oct 1, 2015

Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms developed underneath an upper trough axis across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours on October 1.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Marion, TN · Jul 10, 2013

The humid air mass over Eastern Tennessee became moderately to strongly unstable ahead of a cold frontal boundary generating damaging winds. In addition, flash flooding developed across parts of the region due to storms moving across already saturated ground from soaking rain…

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Flash Flood$600K damage

Decatur, TN · May 27, 2008

An outflow boundary from a large thunderstorm complex set off showers and thunderstorms over the Midsouth during the afternoon and evening hours of May 26, 2008. Some of the activity lingered into the morning hours of May 27th.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Humphreys, TN · May 1, 2010

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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Flash Flood$25K damage

Lawrence, TN · May 1, 2010

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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Flash Flood$25K damage

Williamson, TN · May 1, 2010

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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Flood$25K damage

Fentress, TN · May 1, 2010

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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Flash Flood$50K damage

Carroll, TN · May 10, 2013

An upper level disturbance interacted with a moist and unstable airmass across West Tennessee to produce numerous showers and thunderstorms during the morning of May 10, 2013.

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Flood$25K damage

Crockett, TN · Nov 28, 2001

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.

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Flood$22K damage

White, TN · Feb 5, 2004

Mill Creek was 6 feet over its banks at the intersection of Thompson Lane and Glen Rose at 1019 AM CST in Davidson County. Water covered state Highway 96 in Rutherford County. Several homes were flooded in the Walter Hill Subdivision.

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Flood$22K damage

Cannon, TN · Feb 5, 2004

Mill Creek was 6 feet over its banks at the intersection of Thompson Lane and Glen Rose at 1019 AM CST in Davidson County. Water covered state Highway 96 in Rutherford County. Several homes were flooded in the Walter Hill Subdivision.

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Flood$22K damage

Warren, TN · Feb 5, 2004

Mill Creek was 6 feet over its banks at the intersection of Thompson Lane and Glen Rose at 1019 AM CST in Davidson County. Water covered state Highway 96 in Rutherford County. Several homes were flooded in the Walter Hill Subdivision.

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Flood$22K damage

Marshall, TN · Feb 5, 2004

Mill Creek was 6 feet over its banks at the intersection of Thompson Lane and Glen Rose at 1019 AM CST in Davidson County. Water covered state Highway 96 in Rutherford County. Several homes were flooded in the Walter Hill Subdivision.

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Flash Flood

Scott, TN · Feb 15, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Scott, TN · Feb 15, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Scott, TN · Feb 16, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Scott, TN · Feb 16, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Claiborne, TN · Feb 16, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Hawkins, TN · Feb 15, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Campbell, TN · Feb 16, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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Flash Flood

Hawkins, TN · Feb 16, 2025

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee.

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