Flood — Claiborne, Tennessee

2025-02-13 to 2025-02-14 · near Sycamore Hall, Claiborne, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy rains on the 11th and 12th lead to minor river flooding along the Clinch river near Tazewell. At minor flood stage the city of Tazewell is not affected, and only some minor flooding of pasture lands begins at the Grissom Island area.

Wider weather episode

Heavy rains, categorized by widespread 2 to 3 inch rainfall totals, affected the Morristown forecast area and broader southern Appalachian region on February 11th and 12th. This lead to flooding along some rivers in east Tennessee between February 12th and 14th, during which time some locations reached moderate to major flood stages.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242437. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.