Flood in Unicoi County, Tennessee

Flood February 6, 2020 – February 7, 2020 · Unicoi County, Tennessee

Death

$350K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Numerous roadways were flooded or damaged across the county. Circumstantially, a motorist swerved off of Unicoi Drive around 12:30 AM on the 7th, hit a concrete bridge structure that crosses Buffalo Creek, and rolled over into the flooded creek. The trapped occupant drowned.

The wider storm

A cold front extending from the Texas coast to the southern Appalachians experienced little movement as low pressure systems moved northeastward along the boundary. This resulted in heavy rainfall of 5 to 6 inches across most of area.

Began near Unicoi (36.2290, -82.3500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 872848. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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