1,333 first-hand accounts of flood events in Tennessee, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
As a low level low pressure system began to move northeastward out of the Southern Mississippi River Valley Region during the early morning hours, southeasterly low level moisture was spread across southern portions of Middle Tennessee.
Read the full account →A long-lived mesoscale convective system that contained heavy rain and thunderstorms enveloped the region during the late evening and overnight hours. 24 hour rainfall amounts from this system reached 3 to over 5 inches.
Read the full account →Limited severe convection developed at mid evening across the Cumberland Plateau in the vicinity of a slow moving frontal boundary. Deep moisture and lift in this weather regime featuring the passage of several upper level systems near and in advance of the boundary resulted in…
Read the full account →A potent storm system with abundant Gulf moisture produced heavy rain, mainly along the spine of the Appalachians thanks to upslope flow in western North Carolina.
Read the full account →A potent storm system with abundant Gulf moisture produced heavy rain, mainly along the spine of the Appalachians thanks to upslope flow in western North Carolina.
Read the full account →A potent storm system with abundant Gulf moisture produced heavy rain, mainly along the spine of the Appalachians thanks to upslope flow in western North Carolina.
Read the full account →A potent storm system with abundant Gulf moisture produced heavy rain, mainly along the spine of the Appalachians thanks to upslope flow in western North Carolina.
Read the full account →A strong cold front tapping Gulf moisture moved across the southeastern U.S. with a band of moderate to locally heavy rain across east Tennessee.
Read the full account →As a broad area of showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee, mainly through the morning hours of Tuesday, November 30th, several counties experienced heavy rainfall.
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 →The Mid-South was underneath northwest flow aloft during the period between July 11th, 2010 and July 13th, 2010. Several upper level disturbances quickly moved through the flow setting off complexes of showers and thunderstorms.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed across mainly the western half of Middle Tennessee as the day progressed in response to deepening surface and aloft southerly flow. This was in association with a developing low pressure system over the central plains.
Read the full account →An area of showers and thunderstorms moved across eastern portions of Middle Tennessee during the late morning through afternoon hours on Tuesday, July 12th.
Read the full account →Heavy rains continued to impact Middle Tennessee throughout the afternoon and evening hours. Soils in Middle Tennessee were already very moist from the day before with elevated creek and river levels. Areas in east-central Middle Tennessee received between 4 and 7 inches of rain.
Read the full account →A weak cold front extended from West Tennessee into central Arkansas during the afternoon hours on July 8, 2023. This front was moving slowly south.
Read the full account →A weak cold front extended from West Tennessee into central Arkansas during the afternoon hours on July 8, 2023. This front was moving slowly south.
Read the full account →Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed over Middle Tennessee on July 13, 2023 and into the early morning hours of July 14th. One of these thunderstorms in southeast Wilson County produced locally heavy rainfall, causing minor flooding in the Watertown area.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Ike moved across Northeast Arkansas into Southern Missouri. The storm weakened to a tropical depression as it moved. Tropical storm force winds occurred over Northwest Tennessee as a result. Substantial damage occurred from downed trees and power lines.
Read the full account →An area of showers developed during the early morning hours across southwestern portions of Middle Tennessee in response to deepening southerly flow ushering in additional moisture to the area.
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 →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 →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 →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.
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