Marion storm history

A primarily heavy snow event covered Marion County, with periods of sleet, freezing rain, and rain falling during brief mixed precipitation periods during the storm. A COOP observer in Whitwell measured 6 inches of snow, a CoCoRaHS observer outside of Whitwell reported a snow tot…

Vehicle on Kimball Cove Road came to a flooded bridge over Kimball Cove Branch. The two occupants left the vehicle, and one was washed downstream and perished.

Hikers sheltering in a cave overnight attempted to cross two branches of flooding Cave Cove Creek via a log during heavy rain to try to return to their vehicle. One female was swept away and drowned.

Roads flooded. Businesses flooded downtown as water rushed down South Pittsburg Mountain into the community. Flood waters contained debris. One fatality occurred as an onlooker was swept into an underground culvert.

Emergency manager reported several trees downed by thunderstorm wind across the county. In addition, one person was injured with structural damage to a mobile home.

Cave Cove Road flooded. All told, there was about 3.5 million dollars in flooding damages to infrastructure and roads across Marion County for the overall event.

Widespread flooding, road closures, damage, evacuations.

Widespread flooding, road closures, damage, evacuations.

Large branches are trees were felled in the Suck Creek area by severe thunderstorm winds.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in the Whiteside area.

Numerous trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts across southern portions of Marion county. Some of these trees fell into powerlines causing multiple power outages.

Widespread trees and powerlines were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds. Hail was also reported during the storm, size of the hail is unknown.

Multiple trees were blown down by powerful thunderstorm gusts.

The Sequatchie river near Whitwell went into minor flood stage during the afternoon of March 16th and fell back below flood stage on the afternoon of March 17th.

A few trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Several trees were felled by powerful thunderstorm winds.

Light snow fell in Marion County, with a CoCoRaHS observer in Jasper measuring 1.6 inches of snow and the county Emergency Manager measuring 1.2 inches of snow in South Pittsburg.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds along South Pittsburg Mountain Road.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Heavy rains on the 11th and 12th lead to the Sequatchie river briefly reaching minor flood stage the afternoon of February 13th into the early morning hours on the 14th.

A major winter storm brought heavy snow and a light glaze of ice to Marion County, with snowfall reports from public, the EM, and CoCoRaHS of 4.5 inches in Jasper, 5 inches in Lone Oak, 4 inches in Whitwell, almost 3 inches in Tracy City, and 5 inches in South Pittsburg.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts in the Jasper Highlands community.

Several trees blown down in Jasper and across the county by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Multiple trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds in Whitwell.

Several large trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts along South Pittsburg Mountain Road.

Multiple trees were blown down by powerful straight line thunderstorm winds.

Multiple trees blown down by severe thunderstorm winds across the county.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm wind gusts.

Multiple trees blown down by powerful thunderstorm wind gusts in New Hope.

Numerous trees and powerlines blown down by severe thunderstorm winds across the county.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds across the southern portion of the county.

A few trees were reported blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.

Several trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds.

Several reports of trees blown down by strong thunderstorm winds across the county.

A tree was blown down by strong thunderstorm winds onto Richards Lane blocking the road.

Power lines were blown down by powerful thunderstorm winds along Highway 41.

Large trees were blown over around the Lakeview Drive area.