1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Tropical Storm Helene caps off a several day heavy rainfall event in association with a stalled closed upper low that drew a stream of tropical moisture into the area on the 25th and 26th.
Read the full account →A strong cold front that had moved in Middle Tennessee on May 1st moved north as a warm front during the afternoon hours near the Tennessee/Kentucky Border, and in association with a strong low pressure system that had developed across central Arkansas, resulted in flash…
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance moved into the Southern Cumberland Plateau Region of Middle Tennessee during the afternoon hours. A warm, unstable, and moist airmass was in place. This resulted in heavy rainfall across this region.
Read the full account →A stationary front was located from Kansas into the Mid-South during the morning hours of August 3, 2023. A nocturnal low-level jet transported moist and unstable air into this stalled boundary.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms affected Middle Tennessee on February 22. Some of the storms became severe with a few reports of large hail and wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across several areas of Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms affected Middle Tennessee on February 22. Some of the storms became severe with a few reports of large hail and wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across several areas of Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms affected Middle Tennessee on February 22. Some of the storms became severe with a few reports of large hail and wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across several areas of Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms affected Middle Tennessee on February 22. Some of the storms became severe with a few reports of large hail and wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across several areas of Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms affected Middle Tennessee on February 22. Some of the storms became severe with a few reports of large hail and wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across several areas of Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →Numerous showers and thunderstorms affected Middle Tennessee on February 22. Some of the storms became severe with a few reports of large hail and wind damage. In addition, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding across several areas of Middle Tennessee.
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 mesoscale convective system moved into the northeast portion of West Tennessee during the early morning hours of July 19, 2023. The environment was favorable for severe hail and damaging winds with about 3000 J/kg of mixed layer convective available potential energy and steep…
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective system moved into the northeast portion of West Tennessee during the early morning hours of July 19, 2023. The environment was favorable for severe hail and damaging winds with about 3000 J/kg of mixed layer convective available potential energy and steep…
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective system moved into the northeast portion of West Tennessee during the early morning hours of July 19, 2023. The environment was favorable for severe hail and damaging winds with about 3000 J/kg of mixed layer convective available potential energy and steep…
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective system moved into the northeast portion of West Tennessee during the early morning hours of July 19, 2023. The environment was favorable for severe hail and damaging winds with about 3000 J/kg of mixed layer convective available potential energy and steep…
Read the full account →As a few thunderstorms persisted across Middle Tennessee during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 7th, heavy rainfall from a thunderstorm across Dickson County resulted in flash flooding.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee during the early afternoon hours of August 12, 2023. Damaging straight-line winds were the main hazard with this line with numerous reports received of downed trees and powerlines.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee during the early afternoon hours of August 12, 2023. Damaging straight-line winds were the main hazard with this line with numerous reports received of downed trees and powerlines.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms moved through Middle Tennessee during the early afternoon hours of August 12, 2023. Damaging straight-line winds were the main hazard with this line with numerous reports received of downed trees and powerlines.
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 →A cold front approached the Mid-South during the afternoon hours of July 30th, 2009. A low pressure center developed along the front as the front moved into the area. The low pressure helped to spawn several tornadoes across the Mid-South.
Read the full account →As a line of thunderstorms moved eastward onto the Cumberland Plateau during the evening of May 23, 2024, they strengthened and became severe. The most significant damage was reported in White County where a microburst with estimated winds of 90 mph uprooted numerous trees.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms moved through middle and eastern Tennessee during the afternoon of June 6th, ahead of a developing surface low over far western Tennessee and the Missouri Bootheel region.
Read the full account →Throughout the day, flash flooding occurred mainly across western portions of Middle Tennessee. A large area of showers and thunderstorms moved across the area in association with southerly flow surface and aloft as an upper level trough approached the area.
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