Tennessee, 2000Flash Flooding in Tennessee, April 2, 2000
April 2, 2000 · NWS OHX · 6 events in 4 counties and zones
6 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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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- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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, Franklin
- When
- April 2, 1:20 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.155, -86.092 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water over many roads. Water was one foot deep at high school parking lot.
Flash Flood, Lawrence
- When
- April 2, 7:45 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.217, -87.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water over U. S. Highway 43 south.
Flash Flood, Giles
- When
- April 2, 8:15 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Giles County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -87.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several low water bridge crossings flooded from Elkton to Prospect to Aspen Hill to Tarplay.
Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- April 2, 8:20 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Fayetteville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.141, -86.589 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several city streets flooded.
Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- April 2, 8:35 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 2 mi N of Fayetteville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.141, -86.589 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
U.S. Highway 231 flooded and impassable.
Flash Flood, Lincoln
- When
- April 2, 8:45 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 11 mi W of Fayetteville
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.141, -86.589 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Highway 273 flooded half way between Fayetteville to Dellrose.
- 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.
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 2, 20001 death · 6 injured · $300,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, April 2, 20002 injured · $1.6 million · 2 in hail · 18 events
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 20002 injured · $300,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, April 2, 2000$150,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 2, 2000$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000$150,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 2000$90,000 · 2 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 2000$90,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail in Alabama, April 2, 2000$25,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 2, 2000$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000$25,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 2, 2000$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
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: 5141883, 5141882, 5141515, 5141516, 5141517, 5141881.