1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A warm front was situated across the Mid-South during the evening of September 23, 2025. Deep moisture combined with sufficient shear and instability near the front resulted in large clusters of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →After a squall line moved through the area on July 18, 2023, another complex of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee early on July 19th. Heavy rain was common with these thunderstorms as they produced three to six inches of rain across the northwest portion of the area.
Read the full account →After a squall line moved through the area on July 18, 2023, another complex of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee early on July 19th. Heavy rain was common with these thunderstorms as they produced three to six inches of rain across the northwest portion of the area.
Read the full account →Training cells and bands of heavy rainfall dumped 2 to 3 inches of rain in parts of Lincoln County on the night of 3/31. Parts of Bugger Hollow Rd, which border a small creek branch of Stewart Creek (which feeds into the Elk River further north), flooded and caused damage to…
Read the full account →An outflow boundary from a complex of thunderstorms building across the Mid South interacted with moderate to strongly unstable air across Eastern Tennessee mainly north of interstate 40.
Read the full account →Heavy rain moved into Middle Tennessee on February 12, 2024. This was the fourth consecutive day of rain across the area, so grounds were already saturated.
Read the full account →As a cold front approached and moved through Middle Tennessee during the morning through late evening hours, the atmosphere became increasingly unstable.
Read the full account →As a cold front approached and moved through Middle Tennessee during the morning through late evening hours, the atmosphere became increasingly unstable.
Read the full account →As a cold front approached and moved through Middle Tennessee during the morning through late evening hours, the atmosphere became increasingly unstable.
Read the full account →A round of showers and thunderstorms occurred late Monday night into Tuesday morning just ahead of a cold front. Combined lift and better shear resulted in a few strong storms.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developing during the morning of the 27th across eastern Tennessee, lasting into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developing during the morning of the 27th across eastern Tennessee, lasting into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developing during the morning of the 27th across eastern Tennessee, lasting into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms developing during the morning of the 27th across eastern Tennessee, lasting into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Abnormally high atmospheric moisture values continued to lead to scattered thunderstorms across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours of July 14, 2025.
Read the full account →Abnormally high atmospheric moisture values continued to lead to scattered thunderstorms across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours of July 14, 2025.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with several upper level disturbances that quickly moved through northwest upper level flow. The thunderstorms quickly became severe due to daytime heating especially during the afternoon and evening hours.
Read the full account →As a warm front moved from northern Mississippi northeastward into southwestern portions of Middle Tennesee during the late afternoon hours, the airmass became moist and unstable.
Read the full account →A shortwave moved into the Lower Mississippi Valley triggering numerous showers and thunderstorms across Arkansas during the morning hours of April 13, 2022. Storms eventually organized into a line that swept across the Mid-South.
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