Tennessee, 1997Flash Flooding in Tennessee, March 2 to 3, 1997
March 2 to 3, 1997 · NWS OHX · 10 events in 10 counties and zones
10 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
Flash Flood, Giles
- When
- March 2, 2:00 PM CST to March 3, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Giles County, Pulaski
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -87.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
8 roads closed due to high water. Several roads were damaged. Hardest hit area was northwest to northeast of Pulaski.
Flash Flood, Bedford
- When
- March 2, 3:00 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bedford County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.514, -86.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water on several roads around the county.
Flash Flood, Maury
- When
- March 2, 3:00 PM CST to March 3, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Maury County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.617, -87.077 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several county roads covered with high water especially Hwy 129.
Flash Flood, Wayne
- When
- March 2, 3:00 PM CST to March 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County, 8 mi S of Waynesboro
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 35.240, -87.788 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
2 bridges were closed, 2 roads closed and one road washed out. 8 roads still covered with high water.7.25 inches of rain fell from Friday, February, 28, 1997 through Monday, March 3, 1997.
Flash Flood, Lawrence
- When
- March 2, 3:30 PM CST to March 3, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Ethridge
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -87.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads closed due to high water near Ethridge.
Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- March 2, 3:35 PM CST to March 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.141, -86.589 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several county roads with high water.
Flash Flood, Marshall
- When
- March 2, 3:35 PM CST to March 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.469, -86.765 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several county roads with high water.
Flash Flood, Davidson
- When
- March 2, 5:00 PM CST to March 3, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Davidson County, Nashville
- Coordinates
- 36.171, -86.777 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High water over roads in the southern part of the city.
Flash Flood, Rutherford
- When
- March 2, 5:00 PM CST to March 3, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rutherford County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 35.843, -86.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
17 roads were covered with high water.
Flash Flood, Wilson
- When
- March 2, 5:00 PM CST to March 3, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wilson County, Mt Juliet
- Coordinates
- 36.155, -86.298 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some minor flooding along U.S. Route 70.
- 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.
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 2, 19972 deaths · 4 injured · $500,000 · 1 event
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 7, 19972 deaths · $500,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 15, 19971 death · $125 million · 7 events
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 2 to 4, 199730 injured · $500,000 · 8 events
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 9, 19971 death · $9.8 million · 9 events
- Flash Flood in Ohio, March 2, 19971 death · $1.5 million · 1 event
- Flood in Ohio, March 2 to 6, 19971 death · $500,000 · 1 event
- Flood in West Virginia, March 2 to 3, 19971 death · $200,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 15, 1997$60 million · 6 events
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 2 to 31, 1997$25 million · 7 events
- Flooding in Ohio, March 2 to 11, 1997$15 million · 5 events
- Flooding in Indiana, March 2 to 11, 1997$6.0 million · 3 events
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: 5605142, 5605144, 5605147, 5605149, 5605141, 5605145, 5605146, 5605143, 5605148, 5605150.