1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A broad upper trough extended from the Great Lakes to northeast Texas. An upper-level disturbance moving through the Mid-South ignited convection across the Memphis metropolitan area during the late morning hours on July 25, 2024.
Read the full account →A cold front swept through the southern Appalachian region on April 6th, producing several hours of moderate to heavy rainfall in the mountains of east Tennessee and western North Carolina.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →17 counties in Tennessee requested federal assistance due to the flooding. The counties are: Anderson, Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Cumberland, Fentress, Giles, Hardin, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, McNairy, Maury, Putnam, Warren and Wayne.Doppler radar estimated as much as 6…
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north of the area and warm, moist, and unstable air flowed into the Mid-South during the morning hours of February 16, 2023.
Read the full account →A broken line of thunderstorm tracked eastward across Middle Tennessee on May 6, 2024. With plenty of instability and modest shear, these thunderstorms became strong to severe, especially across eastern Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →A strong cold front that had moved into the mid state the night before continued to move southeastward through the mid state during the early morning hours on May 9th.
Read the full account →As a cold front moved into Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours, the atmosphere continued along and ahead of the front to remain rich in moisture.
Read the full account →A mud slide on Highway 25/70 blocked both lanes of traffic. The highway was reopened later on Wednesday the 7th. Bear Branch Road was washed out. Flooding also occurred along Long Branch Road, Rays Chapel, Blue Mill Road and Midway Road.
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 →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 warm front lifted north across the Mid-South during the afternoon and evening hours of April 23rd, 2010. Behind the warm front, warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico made for a very unstable atmosphere.
Read the full account →A storm system produced widespread moderate to heavy rainfall and some embedded thunderstorms across the area throughout the day. Strong low level shear prompted some of the more intense showers and thunderstorms to rotate, and three weak tornadoes touched down during the…
Read the full account →A line of strong to marginally severe thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on February 17. A few reports of wind damage and flooding were received.
Read the full account →A large storm system stretching from the mid-Mississippi Valley northward into the Great Lakes region on September 2nd through September 4, 2022, along with an abundant amount of moisture resulted in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →A large storm system stretching from the mid-Mississippi Valley northward into the Great Lakes region on September 2nd through September 4, 2022, along with an abundant amount of moisture resulted in scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across middle Tennessee.
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…
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