Flood, Bradley
- When
- May 6, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bradley County, Cleveland
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 35.154, -84.860 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 1999
Poor Drainage and heavy rains caused water to run into four Cleveland schools-Arnold and Blythe Avenue elementary schools, the Teen Learning Center and Cleveland Middle.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
Poor Drainage and heavy rains caused water to run into four Cleveland schools-Arnold and Blythe Avenue elementary schools, the Teen Learning Center and Cleveland Middle.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 6, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 6 to 7, 1999
- High Wind in Ohio, May 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 6, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 6 to 7, 1999
- Flood in Tennessee, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 6, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, May 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: 5694410.