Flood — Van Buren, Tennessee

2017-04-23 · near Sweetgum, Van Buren, Tennessee

Event narrative

Twitter reports indicated Caney Creek was out of its banks along Cane Creek-Cummingsville Road and flooded parts of the roadway.

Wider weather episode

Widespread showers and thunderstorms spread across Middle Tennessee in the early morning hours on April 22 and continued into the next day on April 23. One supercell thunderstorm developed and tracked across Wayne, Lawrence, and Giles Counties, producing many reports of large hail and wind damage. Heavy rainfall from all of the showers and thunderstorms also produced widespread reports of flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 694300. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.