Flash Flood — Carter, Tennessee

2013-05-21 · near Hampton, Carter, Tennessee

Event narrative

Ritter Town Road and Browns Branch Road impacted by water and debris. Some homes with water in basements. A few evacuations occurred. Car stranded in water.

Wider weather episode

An outflow boundary from a complex of thunderstorms building across the Mid South interacted with moderate to strongly unstable air across Eastern Tennessee mainly north of interstate 40. The slow moving storms produced mainly wind damage with some hail as well as some flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 455236. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.