Flash Flood, Benton
- When
- June 9, 9:15 PM CST to 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Northern Sections
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -88.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
Water on Lower Big Sandy Rd. from Highway 641 to Big Sandy.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OHX wrote it up.
Water on Lower Big Sandy Rd. from Highway 641 to Big Sandy.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 9, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 9, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 9, 1996
- Flood in Indiana, June 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 9 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Virginia, June 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 9, 1996
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5551379.