Flash Flood, Stewart
- When
- March 1, 9:15 PM CST to 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Stewart County, Bumpus Mills
- Coordinates
- 36.501, -87.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads closed at Bumpus Mills.
Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 2, 1997
7 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Montgomery
- When
- March 1, 9:20 PM CST to March 2, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.497, -87.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roads closed countywide with evacuations beginning.
Flash Flood, Dickson
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dickson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.149, -87.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with evacuations.
Flash Flood, Houston
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.286, -87.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with evacuations and many roads closed.
Flash Flood, Humphreys
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.041, -87.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding countywide with evacuations.
Flash Flood, Robertson
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Robertson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.526, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with evacuations.
Flash Flood, Cheatham
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.261, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with many roads closed.
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 Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flood in Kentucky, March 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, March 1, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flooding in Tennessee, March 1 to 11, 1997
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Tornadoes in Arkansas, March 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, March 1, 1997
More
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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: 5605016, 5605017, 5605018, 5605019, 5605020, 5605021, 5605022.