Flash Flood, Cocke
- When
- July 6, 7:00 PM EST to July 7, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cocke County, Del Rio
- Property damage
- $225,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.925, -83.121 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Tennessee, July 6 to 7, 1999
A mud slide on Highway 25/70 blocked both lanes of traffic. The highway was reopened later on Wednesday the 7th.
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
- $225,000
- 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 MRX wrote it up.
A mud slide on Highway 25/70 blocked both lanes of traffic. The highway was reopened later on Wednesday the 7th. Bear Branch Road was washed out. Flooding also occurred along Long Branch Road, Rays Chapel, Blue Mill Road and Midway Road. Water 2-3 feet deep was reported in several homes and a grocery store.
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 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 Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, July 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 6 to 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 6, 1999
- Wildfire in California, July 6, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, July 1999
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: 5702229.