Tennessee, 2010Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, June 11, 2010
June 11, 2010 · NWS MRX · 10 events in 3 counties and zones
An old frontal boundary located across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms across east Tennessee during the afternoon hours. Slow moving storms also produced flooding.
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $47,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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.
An old frontal boundary located across the area triggered isolated severe thunderstorms across east Tennessee during the afternoon hours. Slow moving storms also produced flooding.
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 Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 6:12 PM EST, 19 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:12 PM EST, 19 hours 3 minutes before
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8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- June 11, 1:15 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, Sunbright
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 36.250, -84.670
Highway department personnel reported several trees and large limbs downed by thunderstorm winds near Sunbright.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- June 11, 1:20 PM EST to 1:22 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, 0.69 mi S of Sunbright
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 36.240, -84.670
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 large tree downed by thunderstorm winds in Sunbright.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 1:45 PM EST to 1:47 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, Dayton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -85.020
Law enforcement personnel reported 1 large tree downed by thunderstorm winds in Dayton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 1:50 PM EST to 1:55 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, 3 mi NW of Dayton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 35.511, -85.058
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in the Kiuka area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 2:05 PM EST to 2:10 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, Dayton
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 35.480, -85.020
Law enforcement personnel reported a power pole snapped and powerlines downed by thunderstorm winds in Dayton.
Hail, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 2:30 PM EST to 2:32 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, 0.69 mi S of Morgan Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.560, -85.100
The public reported thunderstorms produced nickel to golfball-size hail on Liberty Hill Road northwest of Dayton.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 2:30 PM EST to 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, 0.69 mi S of Morgan Spgs
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.560, -85.100
The public reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds on Liberty Hill Road northwest of Dayton.
Flash Flood, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 2:30 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, 7 mi NW of Dayton
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 35.552, -85.108
The public reported an estimated 6 to 7 inches of rain fell from thunderstorms in a 1 1/2 hour period off of Liberty Hill Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Rhea
- When
- June 11, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Rhea County, Evensville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 35.570, -84.950
Law enforcement personnel reported several trees downed by thunderstorm winds in Evensville.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meigs
- When
- June 11, 3:30 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Meigs County, Decatur
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 35.520, -84.800
Highway department personnel reported 5 trees downed by thunderstorm winds near Decatur.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- Flooding in Nebraska, June 11 to 30, 20101 death · 1 injured · $11 million · 22 events
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Nebraska, June 11 to 13, 2010$2.5 million · EF0 · 34 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Colorado, June 11, 2010$540,000 · EF0 · 48 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 11 to 12, 2010$1.1 million · EF0 · 19 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 11 to 12, 2010$100,000 · EF1 · 12 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, June 11, 2010$101,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 11, 2010$77,000 · 65 kt wind · 11 events
- Flash Flood in Indiana, June 11, 2010$100,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Iowa, June 11 to 30, 2010$65,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Tennessee, June 11, 2010$55,000 · 55 kt wind · 3 events
- Strong Wind in California, June 11 to 12, 2010$60,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Colorado, June 11, 20102.75 in hail · 37 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 229852, 229836, 229838, 229840, 229842, 229847, 229848, 241588, 229849, 229850.