Flood, Meigs
- When
- February 28, 12:35 PM EST
- Where
- Meigs County, Big Springs/Decatur
- Coordinates
- 35.513, -84.813 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Tennessee, February 28, 1997
Fork Creek overran county road 322, impeding traffic. Several small creeks out of their banks.
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 MRX wrote it up.
Fork Creek overran county road 322, impeding traffic. Several small creeks out of their banks. Many normally dry culverts overflowing.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 28, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, February 1997
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: 5585914.