Flash Flood, Houston
- When
- March 2, 2:57 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.286, -87.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water on several secondary roads.
Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 2 to 3, 1997
11 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- $240,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
11 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Humphreys
- When
- March 2, 3:01 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Humphreys County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 36.041, -87.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water on several secondary roads around the county.
Flash Flood, Benton
- When
- March 2, 3:03 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Camden
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Coordinates
- 36.070, -88.068 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 roads were closed or washed away due to high water.
Flash Flood, Robertson
- When
- March 2, 3:05 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Robertson County, Adams
- Coordinates
- 36.526, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Mint Spring Road was closed near Elk Creek in Adams.
Flash Flood, Williamson
- When
- March 2, 3:08 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Williamson County, Leipers Fork
- Coordinates
- 35.894, -86.899 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
2 roads had high water over them near the West Harpeth River.
Flash Flood, Macon
- When
- March 2, 3:10 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Macon County, Lafayette
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Coordinates
- 36.532, -86.007 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several bridges and roads were washed out.
Flash Flood, Montgomery
- When
- March 2, 3:15 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Clarksville
- Coordinates
- 36.497, -87.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
8 roads were closed in the Clarksville area due to high water.
Flash Flood, Perry
- When
- March 2, 3:17 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.643, -87.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads around the county had water 3-4 inches deep.
Flash Flood, Sumner
- When
- March 2, 3:18 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sumner County, Westmoreland
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Coordinates
- 36.469, -86.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few roads were washed out near Westmoreland.
Flash Flood, Lewis
- When
- March 2, 3:30 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lewis County, 5 mi E of Hohenwald
- Coordinates
- 35.527, -87.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water was standing on 2 county roads.
Flash Flood, Lawrence
- When
- March 2, 3:30 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 2 mi E of Lawrenceburg
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -87.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
2 roads were closed at Quaildrive.
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: 5605130, 5605131, 5605132, 5605133, 5605134, 5605135, 5605136, 5605137, 5605138, 5605139, 5605140.