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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.

Flash Flood

Davidson, 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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Flash Flood

Dickson, 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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Flash Flood

Putnam, 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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Flash Flood

Lawrence, 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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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

Lewis, 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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Flash Flood

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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Flash Flood

Wilson, TN · Feb 7, 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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Flash Flood

Wilson, 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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Flash Flood

Bedford, 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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Flash Flood

Grundy, 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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Flash Flood

Davidson, 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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Cannon, 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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Flash Flood

Jackson, 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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Flash Flood

Sumner, 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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Flood

Clay, 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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Rutherford, 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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Flood

Lawrence, 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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Pickett, 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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Flash Flood$10K damage

Washington, TN · Apr 9, 2011

A boundary across the area triggered scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Six tornadoes touched down across northeast Tennessee and into southwest Virginia.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Unicoi, TN · Apr 9, 2011

A boundary across the area triggered scattered severe thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. Six tornadoes touched down across northeast Tennessee and into southwest Virginia.

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Flash Flood

Scott, TN · Aug 12, 2023

Marginally supportive shear and plenty of CAPE combine to produce numerous severe thunderstorms that grew upscale into a mesoscale convective system.

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Flash Flood

Sevier, TN · Aug 12, 2023

Marginally supportive shear and plenty of CAPE combine to produce numerous severe thunderstorms that grew upscale into a mesoscale convective system.

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Flash Flood

Franklin, TN · Mar 24, 2020

Multiple supercell clusters developed in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee during the late afternoon hours, which moved east across southern middle Tennessee during the mid evening hours. One of these storms produced an EF-1 tornado in Franklin County.

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