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[12] 11.49 inches (292 mm) of rain fell in Union City, which prompted a flash flood emergency. [13] [18] Firefighters in Rives pumped out floodwaters, and utilized drones to display the flooding situation. [19] Roads in Dyer, Jackson, and Trenton were flooded, and Jackson, Madison, and Gibson counties in Tennessee had roads were flooded as well.
The 1867 flood of Chattanooga is the largest flood in the city's recorded history. The flood followed a period of heavy rain that affected most of the Tennessee Valley and lasted from March 7 to March 11, 1867. [1] At its highest point, the water of the Tennessee River crested 58 feet (18 metres) above its normal level, and it inundated much of ...
The previous highest daily record rainfall in Middle Tennessee was 9.45 inches (240 mm) in Franklin in May 2010, and the two-day total for Nashville in 2010 was 13.57 inches (345 mm). Months later, in December, another rain gauge in McEwen, located at the McEwen Wastewater Treatment Plant, was officially verified as the state record, having ...
The rainfall in previous days, plus the expected rainfall could cause even more flooding in areas across East Tennessee. A flood watch is in effect throu g h late Wednesday . What is flash flooding?
As a result of the heavy rainfall, a January 16 landslide claimed a 200-feet section of U.S. Route 441 (known locally as "Newfound Gap Road") in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. [6] The road, which crosses Newfound Gap at the Tennessee state line, was closed until April 15. [7] [1] [8] [9]
Sunday’s dumping easily surpassed rainfall records for every Aug. 20 since the weather service started tracking the data in 1877, he said. “Odds are, you’ll see the same thing today ...
Several rainfall records in the Nashville area were broken during the rain event. 13.57 inches (345 mm) fell during the two-day period of May 1–2, doubling the record of 6.68 inches (170 mm) set in September 1979 during the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Frederic. On May 2 alone, 7.25 inches (184 mm) of rain fell, including 7.20 inches ...
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