Stewart storm history

Lightning struck and killed a 65 year old woman camping at the Piney Campground on Kentucky Lake.

Mr. Ritenour and Mrs. Linda Ritenour became surrounded by high water while Mr. Ritenour was driving a Chevrolet Suburban across a low bridge on their property, which is approximately two miles west of State Route 49 between Tennessee Ridge and Dover, along Upper Alsup Road. A nei…

Several hours of severe non-thunderstorm winds resulted in numerous damage reports, including downed and uprooted trees, downed powerlines, and roof and other property damage across all of Stewart County. In Dover, a roof was blown off a garage. The Stewart County emergency manag…

Historic flash flooding affected much of Stewart County, especially areas northeast of Dover. Dozens of homes, businesses, vehicles and roads were damaged or destroyed by flooding across Stewart County, mainly in the Big Rock and Bumpus Mills communities which were devastated by …

Repeated development of thunderstorms across Stewart County resulted in 5 to 7 inches of rain falling during the evening hours on April 17. Disastrous flash flooding resulted from the heavy rainfall, with numerous roadways washed out or underwater, dozens of homes flooded, and fi…

Mesonet measured 60 mph in Dover and 50 mph in Brownsfield, reported by Emergency Manager. Around 500 power outages also reported.

Severe drought conditions during September 2025 improved to moderate drought in early October across Stewart County. By the end of the month, no drought conditions were present across the county.

Severe drought conditions developed across Stewart County during September 2025. During the week of September 23rd, drought conditions deteriorated to extreme drought conditions, but improved back to severe the following week.

A RAWS station near Ft. Campbell recorded a maximum heat index of 113 degrees.

A strong thunderstorm moving through the Dover area downed a few trees at a campground in the area. Size of the trees downed is unknown. Damages are a rough estimate.

Straight line winds with estimated wind speeds up to 85 mph downed numerous trees and powerlines as well as caused structure damage along and north of Highway 79 west of Dover. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees in the 2000 block of Highway 120 in Big Rock. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Highway 49 at Overlook Road near Dover. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree on Highway 149 in Cumberland City. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees in Land Between the Lakes. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees on Lee Hollow Road near Cumberland City. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed a tree and a power pole onto a mobile home in Bumpus Mills. Damages are a rough estimate.

The Cumberland River at Dover crested to 67.34 feet which was minor flood stage. At this stage, water impacted Bellwood Brance Road, Cross Creek Road, Frank Earhart Road near Mud Hill Road, and River Road west of Highway 79. Water also impacted boat launch areas on Colson Road, F…

Heavy rain across Stewart County caused flash flooding, especially along waterways and within low-lying areas. Extent of damages is unknown.

Heavy rain across Stewart County caused flash flooding, especially along waterways and within low-lying areas. By the end of this event, observations and radar estimates showed 8 to 11 inches of rain had fallen across Stewart County. Extent of damages is unknown.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed two trees in the Bumpus Mills area. Damages are a rough estimate.

Snow totals near Dover generally ranged from 3 to 4 inches. A CoCoRaHS observer northeast of Dover measured 4.4 inches of snow.

Heavy rain caused the Cumberland River at Dover to enter minor flood stage with a crest of 66.97 feet.

Heavy rain across Stewart County closed several roadways across the county. Damages are unknown.

Heavy rain across Stewart County closed several roadways across the county. Damages are unknown.

Estimated one inch hail was reported near Dover from a severe thunderstorm.

A CoCoRaHS observer near Dover measured 3 inches of snow. Heavy snow across Stewart County resulted in difficult driving conditions.

Severe drought conditions from September 2024 improved in October with abnormally dry conditions across Stewart County.

Strong winds caused power outages to approximately 1,200 customers in Big Rock. Damages are a rough estimate.

Drought conditions deteriorated across Stewart County during the month of September 2024 with severe drought conditions present across the entire county.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines between mile markers two and five along Woodland Trace Scenic Byway in Land Between the Lakes. Damages are a rough estimate.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and caused power outages in northern Stewart County. Damages are a rough estimate.

Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Stewart County with a baseball park on Highway 79 reported to be underwater. Damages are unknown.

Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Bumpus Mills with flooding reported on Highway 120 and Tobacco Port Road. Damages are unknown.

Heavy rain caused the Cumberland River in Stewart County to flood. Minor flood stage was reached during the evening hours of May 10th and continued in minor flood stage for about 24 hours. The river gauge at Dover (DOVT1) measured a peak of 66.16 feet during this event.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees in the Big Rock area in Stewart County. Damages are a rough estimate.

Estimated quarter size hail was reported from a severe thunderstorm in Bumpus Mills.

Estimated three inch hail was reported from a severe thunderstorm in Bumpus Mills.

A funnel cloud was reported with a tornado-warned thunderstorm west of Woodlawn.

Severe thunderstorm winds downed power lines on East Richview Road in Cumberland City. Damages are a rough estimate.

A severe thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Cumberland City.

A severe thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Cumberland City.

A severe thunderstorm in Indian Mound produced estimated ping pong ball size hail.

Heavy snow fell across Stewart County with a CoCoRaHS observer near Dover measuring 3 inches of snow.

Severe drought conditions from December 2023 improved to abnormally dry conditions in January 2024.

Severe drought conditions developed across southern Stewart County in December.

Training thunderstorms near Bumpus Mills during the morning hours produced heavy rain. This combined with the rainfall from the previous day caused minor street flooding in the area. A CoCoRaHS observer reported 2.56 inches of rain within one hour which filled the ditches and cau…

A likely gustnado on the leading edge of a thunderstorm moving into Stewart County caused damage to a pasture near Dover. Photos shared by a CoCoRaHS observer showed two to three foot tall grass laid down in different directions. Severe thunderstorm winds also downed numerous tre…