Name: Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 2, 2001
Start: 2001-07-02T16:18
End: 2001-07-02T18:00
Location: Tennessee

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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Nashville, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 12:30 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 12:30 PM CST, 3 hours 48 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
130 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2001

CURRENTLY, SURFACE FRONT REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. THE MOST
UNSTABLE AIR REMAINS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40, WHERE THE MAJORITY OF
THE CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING. 17Z DEW POINTS ARE RUNNING BETWEEN
68 AND 73 DEGREES.

FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AS IT PUSHES THROUGH THE MID STATE
OVERNIGHT, AND WILL BE QUICKLY REPLACED BY HIGH PRESSURE, WITH RETURN
FLOW EXPECTED TOMORROW. THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN AIR MASS
CHARACTERISTICS DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS, WITH DEW POINTS REMAINING
IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE
TEMPERED SOMEWHAT BY BROKEN CLOUD COVER, WITH AN INCREASE IN AERIAL
COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

MID-LEVEL WIND FIELD WILL REMAIN WEAK UNTIL THE APPROACH OF A 500 MB
SHORTWAVE, WHICH WILL FINALLY PASS THROUGH THE MID STATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A WELCOME PATTERN SHIFT TO A
NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, USHERING IN SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR, BUT
ONLY FOR A DAY OR SO.

HAVE EMPLOYED LOW LEVEL THICKNESS SCHEMES TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO
GUIDANCE FORECAST TEMPERATURES, WITH SCATTERED POPS PERIODS 2 THROUGH
5 AREA-WIDE.

BNA 67/89/71/88/69 14343
CSV 62/84/66/83/64 14343

.BNA...NONE.

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The radar

The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lawrence

When: July 2, 4:18 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Center
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.217, -87.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

EMA reported water over Highway 241 at Buffalo Rd.

Flash Flood, Lawrence

When: July 2, 4:20 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County, Lawrenceburg
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 35.217, -87.396 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

EMA reported 2 to 3 feet of water over several roads in Lawrenceburg.

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 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Tennessee, July 2001

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: 5258957, 5258958.