Flood — East Polk, Tennessee

2003-02-21 to 2003-02-23 · East Polk, Tennessee

Wider weather episode

With the ground already saturated from the previous week's rainfall, three day rainfall totals of one to three inches created some flooding of streams and rivers as well as several mudslides across east Tennessee. Rivers which rose above their flood stages included the South Chickamauga, Clinch, Powell, Holston, Pigeon, French Broad and Sequatchie rivers.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5344083. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.