Tennessee, 1998

Flash Flooding in Tennessee, June 4, 1998

June 4, 1998 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Weakley

When
June 4, 9:55 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where
Weakley County, Countywide
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.298, -88.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous roads were closed and several culverts were washed out.

Flash Flood, Henry

When
June 4, 9:55 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where
Henry County, Countywide
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
36.332, -88.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

At least 15 roads were closed or washed out. Several culverts and bridges were washed out when nearly 8 inches of rain fell over the area. Twenty mobile homes were evacuated with two homes actually getting water in them and water reaching the underpinning on several others.

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

More

Every storm in Tennessee in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, June 1998

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: 5651423, 5651424.