Flash Flood — Mcminn, Tennessee

2023-08-14 · near Athens, Mcminn, Tennessee

Event narrative

Flood waters covered several roads from a few inches deep up to impassable depths. Includes County Roads 197 and 436, northwest and east of Athens, respectively.

Wider weather episode

A highly anomalous weather pattern involving a closed low and a trailing cold front brought discrete thunderstorms and multicell clusters in multiple rounds to east Tennessee. Repeat events as well as training of cells resulted in flash flooding, some of it significant.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1134664. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.