Flash Flood, Robertson
- When
- March 2, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Robertson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 36.526, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Tennessee, March 2, 1997
Widespread water over many roads. Over 40 county roads had to be closed.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
Widespread water over many roads. Over 40 county roads had to be closed. A sink hole was created on Hugh Gill Road that was 18 to 20 feet deep. A motorist damaged his car during the weekend when he hit the sink hole.
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:57 UTC.
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
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, March 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: 5595585.