Flash Flood — Bradley, Tennessee

2021-03-28 · near Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee

Event narrative

Several streets around Cleveland were flooded, including the intersection of South Lee Highway and Grove Ave SW. Inman Street was impassable.

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 951208. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.