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The Tennessee River Watershed received two months worth of normal rainfall in just three days. The 10 tributary reservoir TVA estimates $406M in flood damages averted during Helene
Jan. 6—This story was updated at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 with more information. Rainfall across the Tennessee Valley was 20% above normal last year, with more than 60 inches of rain ...
The 10 deadliest hurricanes, based on National Hurricane Center information, are listed below by their rank, name, year and number of deaths. Katrina - 2005, 1,392. Audrey - 1957, 416. Camille ...
A rain gauge operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority in McEwen recorded 17.02 inches (432 mm) of rain, setting a provisional daily rainfall record in Tennessee. [11] This broke the previous record of 13.6 inches (350 mm) recorded in Milan in 1982.
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 ...
A major rain event from September 16 through 22, which brought over ten inches of rain to the Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Athens areas as well as other parts of the states of Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. As of September 22, 2009, in Atlanta, 9 people had been killed due to the floods. [10]
Average precipitation across the region show maxima along the coastal plain and along the mountains of the Appalachians. Between 28 inches (710 mm) and 62 inches (1,600 mm) of precipitation falls annually across the area. [60] Seasonally, there are slight changes to precipitation distribution through the year.
Record-breaking rain that month led to a devastating flood. The rainiest Jan. 23 was in 1996 with 1.57 inches of rain. By contrast, the NWS recorded 0.45 inches of rain Tuesday , and 0 inches ...