Flash Flood — Washington, Tennessee

2025-07-30 · near Gray, Washington, Tennessee

Event narrative

The Scannerfood Facebook page shared reports of a small sinkhole opening up on Kitzmiller Road at the railroad pass due to flooding. It slowly expanded in size between 8:00 PM and 9:30 PM EDT before local government personnel closed that portion of the road.

Wider weather episode

Training thunderstorms affected the far northeast Tennessee valley and southwest Virginia on the evening of the 30th, producing some flash flooding across those areas.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1282645. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.