Flash Flood — Jefferson, Tennessee

2023-08-14 to 2023-08-15 · near White Pine, Jefferson, Tennessee

Event narrative

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

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 1134668. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.