Flood in Northwest Blount, Tennessee

Flood February 21, 2003 – February 23, 2003 · Northwest Blount, Tennessee

The wider storm

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 5344098. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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