Flood in Monroe County, Tennessee

Flood August 15, 2023 · Monroe County, Tennessee

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

River gage on the Tellico River east of Tellico Plains crested at 15.60 feet at 4 am EDT, setting a new record crest. Flood stage is 9 feet.

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 Tellico Plains (35.3600, -84.2800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1134674. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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