Flash Flood, Robertson
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Robertson County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.526, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with many roads closed.
Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 2 to 3, 1997
8 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Nashville radar (KOHX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:01 UTC.
Event by event
8 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Stewart
- When
- March 2, 12:00 AM CST to 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stewart County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.501, -87.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with many roads closed.
Flash Flood, Decatur
- When
- March 2, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Decaturville
- Coordinates
- 35.603, -88.109 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding reported in Decaturville.
Flash Flood, Stewart
- When
- March 2, 2:25 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stewart County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.501, -87.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding throughout the county with several roads closed.
Flash Flood, Cheatham
- When
- March 2, 2:30 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cheatham County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 36.261, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding around the county. A bridge was washed out near Ashland City and 3 roads were closed in Ashland City.
Flash Flood, Decatur
- When
- March 2, 2:35 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Coordinates
- 35.603, -88.109 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding around the county. 3 bridges were washed out near Sugar Tree.
Flash Flood, Dickson
- When
- March 2, 2:46 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dickson County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.149, -87.357 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding countywide. 2 county roads had 3- 5 inches of water over road near Slayden.
Flash Flood, Hickman
- When
- March 2, 2:53 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hickman County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 35.803, -87.473 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flooding around county. 2 bridges were washed out and a few roads had high water over them near Pinewood.
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: 5605023, 5605024, 5605025, 5605026, 5605027, 5605028, 5605029, 5605030.