Flash Flood in Carter County, Tennessee

Flash Flood May 21, 2013 · Carter County, Tennessee

$20K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Hampton (36.2288, -82.2335).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 455236. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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