Flash Flood in Grainger County, Tennessee
Flash Flood July 1, 1997 · Grainger County, Tennessee
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Death
The wider storm
Male, age 40, killed in flash flood on Buffalo Creek. County Sheriff reports that the man's car had apparently become stalled in deep running water and he was swept into the creek while attempting to abandon his car. A woman in a car behind him was rescued by a second man as she was swept by the current under her car while attempting to abandon it.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5602894. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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