Flash Flood — Campbell, Tennessee

2021-03-28 · near La Follette, Campbell, Tennessee

Event narrative

Flooding resulted in the evacuation of ten homes from Caryville to La Follette. A large span of ground beneath train tracks washed away. Multiple homes were flooded near Duff. Some mudslides were also reported across the area. Damages across the county from this flood event totaled $353,000.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms with large hail spread northward across East Tennessee during the early morning hours of March 27, reaching southwest Virginia by late morning. These storms were associated with a warm front, which later stalled across northeast Tennessee. This stalled front was the focus of additional thunderstorms that produced damaging wind gusts and flooding in the evening of March 27 and into March 28.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 951175. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.