Flash Flood in Carter County, Tennessee

Flash Flood October 23, 2017 · Carter County, Tennessee

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Unfinished church fellowship building flooded at Old Highway 143 and Cherry Street. Watermark indicated over a foot of standing water in the building. Nearby chain link fences were toppled by the force of water-borne debris.

The wider storm

Abundant moisture along a frontal boundary produced heavy rain in parts of East Tennessee. Additional heavy rain continued to fall post-front with upslope (westerly to southwesterly) winds mainly over the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee.

Began near Roan Mtn (36.2000, -82.0521).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 725585. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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