Flash Flood in Jefferson County, Tennessee

Flash Flood August 14, 2023 – August 15, 2023 · Jefferson County, Tennessee

$2K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Several roadways around White Pine were impassable due to flooding, including School Street. One retaining wall reported to have collapsed.

The wider storm

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.

Began near White Pine (36.0799, -83.3006).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1134668. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.