Flash Flood — Trousdale, Tennessee

2016-05-11 · near Templow, Trousdale, Tennessee

Event narrative

Major flash flooding affected much of Trousdale County. Numerous primary and secondary roads were flooded and closed or even washed out, including Highway 141 North, Highway 25 West, Browning Branch Road, and Hancock Road. Numerous homes and businesses were flooded, including several homes around Highway 141 and Highway 25, and several buildings and a storage facility in downtown Hartsville. The Hartsville city park and Trousdale County High School football and baseball fields along with their concession stands and bathrooms in downtown Hartsville were destroyed by flooding from Goose Creek. At least 3 water rescues from vehicles and homes were conducted across Trousdale County.

Wider weather episode

The largest severe weather event of Spring 2016 across Middle Tennessee affected areas mainly north of I-40 from the late evening hours on May 10 into the morning hours on May 11. Widely scattered supercell thunderstorms moved southeast out of Kentucky, producing dozens of reports of wind damage and large hail up to tennis ball size. Storms began training along an outflow boundary situated northwest to southeast from Robertson County to Cumberland County during the early morning hours on May 11, with heavy rainfall of 3 to 7 inches occurring across Robertson, Sumner, Macon, Trousdale, Wilson, Smith, and Putnam Counties. Major flash flooding across these counties resulted in dozens of homes and businesses flooded, numerous roads being flooded and closed or washed out, and several water rescues from flooded homes and vehicles being conducted.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 628728. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.