Flood — Williamson, Tennessee

2010-05-02 to 2010-05-04 · near Nolensville, Williamson, Tennessee

Event narrative

Nolensville road, south of Nashville, was flooded. Some cars were left abandoned. Details concerning amount of damage to cars abandoned were unknown. Also, numerous homes, numerous businesses, numerous non comercial buildings, along with several county, state, and federal roads across the county received damage due to the flood.

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary setup across Western and Middle Tennessee late Friday night (April 30), and remained through the weekend. A persistent southerly flow fed moisture into the area and precipitable water values rose to almost 2 inches, based on data from KOHX upper air soundings. As a series of shortwaves moved through, a band of showers and thunderstorms developed and remained nearly stationary for much of the day on Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd, resulting in widespread record flooding across much of Middle Tennessee. Some of these thunderstorms became severe also, resulting in thunderstorm wind damage and seven confirmed tornadoes across Middle Tennessee.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 226270. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.