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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.

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Sullivan, TN · Mar 28, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Greene, TN · Mar 27, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Greene, TN · Mar 28, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Sequatchie, TN · Mar 28, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Carter, TN · Mar 28, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Scott, TN · Mar 27, 2021

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee.

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Fentress, TN · Aug 17, 2010

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.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Lawrence, TN · Aug 11, 2009

As an area of showers and thunderstorms moved west to east across southern middle Tennessee during the mid afternoon hours on August 11th, thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding across southeastern portions of Wayne and southwestern portions of…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Wayne, TN · Aug 11, 2009

As an area of showers and thunderstorms moved west to east across southern middle Tennessee during the mid afternoon hours on August 11th, thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall that resulted in flash flooding across southeastern portions of Wayne and southwestern portions of…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Davidson, TN · Sep 26, 2009

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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Flash Flood$25K damage

Cheatham, TN · May 9, 2009

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.

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Hamilton, TN · Mar 17, 2021

A low pressure system produced high winds in the mountains and foothills of East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 18. Heavy rainfall also occurred across the southern Tennessee Valley and southern Plateau, resulting in flooding on the evening of the 17th and…

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Marion, TN · Mar 17, 2021

A low pressure system produced high winds in the mountains and foothills of East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 18. Heavy rainfall also occurred across the southern Tennessee Valley and southern Plateau, resulting in flooding on the evening of the 17th and…

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Grainger, TN · Mar 18, 2021

A low pressure system produced high winds in the mountains and foothills of East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 18. Heavy rainfall also occurred across the southern Tennessee Valley and southern Plateau, resulting in flooding on the evening of the 17th and…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Maury, TN · Apr 2, 2009

A line of showers and thunderstorms,ahead of an approaching surface front and upper level trough, moved west to east from the southwest during the early afternoon hours through the late evening hours.

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Coffee, TN · Mar 9, 2019

A line of scattered showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on March 9. One supercell thunderstorm produced wind damage across southern Wayne and Lawrence Counties, while another supercell caused wind damage in Grundy…

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Warren, TN · Mar 9, 2019

A line of scattered showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on March 9. One supercell thunderstorm produced wind damage across southern Wayne and Lawrence Counties, while another supercell caused wind damage in Grundy…

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Grundy, TN · Mar 9, 2019

A line of scattered showers and thunderstorms moved across Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours on March 9. One supercell thunderstorm produced wind damage across southern Wayne and Lawrence Counties, while another supercell caused wind damage in Grundy…

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Smith, TN · Feb 6, 2019

Heavy rain and thunderstorms produced 2 tornadoes and widespread flash flooding across Middle Tennessee from the afternoon of February 6 through the early morning hours on February 7.

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Maury, TN · Feb 22, 2019

A stationary frontal boundary stalled near the Tennessee Valley for nearly a week in mid to late February 2019. Persistent southwest flow aloft brought copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture northward and interacted with this boundary for many days, causing a prolonged…

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Williamson, TN · Feb 23, 2019

A stationary frontal boundary stalled near the Tennessee Valley for nearly a week in mid to late February 2019. Persistent southwest flow aloft brought copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture northward and interacted with this boundary for many days, causing a prolonged…

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Dickson, TN · Feb 6, 2019

Heavy rain and thunderstorms produced 2 tornadoes and widespread flash flooding across Middle Tennessee from the afternoon of February 6 through the early morning hours on February 7.

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Cumberland, TN · Feb 20, 2019

After an already very wet month, additional heavy rainfall and thunderstorms moved into Middle Tennessee from Tuesday February 19 into Wednesday February 20.

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Maury, TN · Feb 23, 2019

A stationary frontal boundary stalled near the Tennessee Valley for nearly a week in mid to late February 2019. Persistent southwest flow aloft brought copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture northward and interacted with this boundary for many days, causing a prolonged…

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