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The literal floodgates are open all along the Tennessee River as it moves Helene's floodwater from the Smokies to the Ohio River. Why Knoxville shouldn't worry about rising Tennessee River levels ...
This map shows key rivers - French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon - and dams that were hit hard by the floods. Key East Tennessee rivers and dams hit hard by Hurricane Helene flooding
Flooding forced Obion County Schools to cancel classes on August 4. [17] The National Weather Service in Memphis, Tennessee called the flooding in Union City and surrounding areas "catastrophic". [12] A portion of Interstate 40 was closed. [12] 11.49 inches (292 mm) of rain fell in Union City, which prompted a flash flood emergency.
The National Weather Service in Morristown has extended a flood warning until 5:05 a.m. Sept. 29 for the French Broad River in Jefferson and Cocke counties and the Nolichucky River in Unicoi ...
Lick Creek floods over Pottertown Road in Mosheim. Lick Creek is a stream in Greene County, Tennessee. [1] It is the largest creek in the county. Beginning north of Greeneville, the creek runs through the northern and western sections of the county before spilling into the Nolichucky River near the Hamblen County line.
Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States.The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), which built the dam in the early 1940s as part of a unified plan to provide electricity and flood control in the Tennessee Valley and create a continuous 652-mile (1,049 km) navigable river channel from ...
The Pigeon River in Newport broke a record at 20.9 feet above its flood level, surpassing the 1904 record by 5.5 feet. The Watauga River in Elizabethton reached 5 feet above its flood level in its ...
Newfound Gap Road landslide January 16, 2013. The January 2013 Southeastern United States floods occurred from January 14 to 17 and resulted in mudslides and washouts throughout the southern Appalachian Mountains region. [1] [2] [3] At the height of the flooding, 50 roads were declared impassable in Greene County, Tennessee alone. [4]