Flash Flood in McNairy County, Tennessee

Flash Flood July 1, 2020 · McNairy County, Tennessee

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

A levee broke outside of Selmer toward Purdy which, when combined with very heavy rainfall of up to eight inches, resulted in widespread flash flooding. Twenty people were rescued. Ten homes and 50 businesses were flooded and damaged. Roads and bridges were also damaged.

The wider storm

Slow-moving thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary across West Tennessee, near the Tennessee River, and Northeast Mississippi during the early morning hours on July 1, 2020. Some locations picked up more than 8 inches of rain. Meanwhile, a mesoscale convective system that developed over Southeast Nebraska and Northwest Missouri earlier in the day raced southeast and moved through the Mid-South during the afternoon and early evening hours with more heavy rain and isolated wind damage.

Began near Selmer (35.1800, -88.6000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 909480. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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