Flood — Claiborne, Tennessee

2025-02-16 to 2025-02-18 · near Sycamore Hall, Claiborne, Tennessee

Event narrative

Heavy rains on the 15th pushed the Clinch river near Tazewell into flood stage by the early morning hours on February 16th. It crested in moderate flood stage on the 17th, but didn't fall back below flood stage until the afternoon of February 18th. The crest of 18.9 at the stream gage on 02/17/2025 left flood debris on low spots of Riverside Road downstream from Hwy 25E. Thus the stage there is affected by the river and the pools from Norris Lake.

Wider weather episode

A strong synoptic system with heavy rainfall during warm front passage followed by additional rainfall during the severe thunderstorms along the cold front led to reports of flooding in northern portions of East Tennessee. Additionally, strong winds powered by strong winds aloft mixed to the surface, bringing wind advisory conditions to the whole area, a few high wind reports, and some wind damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1242560. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.