Flood — Giles, Tennessee
2003-02-16 to 2003-02-17 · Giles, Tennessee
Event narrative
Flooding on the Elk River caused many roads to flood due to heavy rains. Two children were killed when a Nissan 300 ZX sedan, which was driven by the aunt, was swept off a bridge going over the Elk River on Veto Rd. or about 6.5 miles southwest of Elkton, in Giles county around 630 PM CST. She had driven around a high water barricade. The aunt was found and rescued 3 hours later, clinging to a tree, but the children did not survive (male 12 years-old and female 7 years-old.).
Wider weather episode
Flooding on the Elk River caused many roads to flood due to heavy rains. Two children were killed when a Nissan 300 ZX sedan, which was driven by the aunt, was swept off a bridge going over the Elk River on Veto Rd. or about 6.5 miles southwest of Elkton, in Giles county around 630 PM CST. She had driven around a high water barricade. The aunt was found and rescued 3 hours later, clinging to a tree, but the children did not survive (male 12 years-old and female 7 years-old). Spotter reported Stones River was out of its banks and was causing flooding on MTSU campus in Murfreesboro. There was also ponding of water on roadways in Putnam and Overton counties. Small streams and creeks were over their banks near Cookeville. A creek out of its banks and was ready to flood a house on Old Trammell Lane in southeast Wilson county. Flooding on the Duck River resulted in many roads being closed in Maury county. There were no evacuations or injuries. There was high water on roads in the Livingston area and also across White county. Old Smithville Highway in White county experienced severe flooding problems.Minor flooding was reported on roads thoughout Bedford county. Some flooding was reported in Fentress county. A portion of a golf course near Crooked Creek was completely flooded. Delk Creek road in Pall Mall was closed becasue of flooding. Wilder Road was closed due to a mud slide, and a portion of U.S. Highway 127 north of Squirrel Flat Road had to be closed due to the road breaking off further at the slide area.Many roads were left impassable in Warren county because of high water.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5342291. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.