Tennessee, 2024

Flash Flooding in Tennessee, July 28, 2024

July 28, 2024 · NWS MRX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Scattered, slow-moving convection beneath a humid high pressure ridge produced isolated flash flooding.

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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 happened

The episode as NWS MRX wrote it up.

Scattered, slow-moving convection beneath a humid high pressure ridge produced isolated flash 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 Jul 28, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 1:48 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Sevier

When
July 28, 4:50 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
Where
Sevier County, 2 mi ENE of Pigeon Forge to 1 mi NE of Pigeon Forge
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
35.791, -83.517

Significant flash flooding in and around the Dollywood theme park turned several of the park's walkways into streams, flooding several shops within the park. Excessive water ponded in the parking lot, flooding numerous vehicles. Nearby, Veterans Blvd was closed from McCarter Hollow Road to Forge Hideaway Road.

Flash Flood, Roane

When
July 28, 6:40 PM EST to 7:40 PM EST
Where
Roane County, 0.89 mi NE of Barnardsville to 0.7 mi NNE of Barnardsville
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
35.760, -84.590

Barnard Narrows Road at Decatur Highway was closed by flooding to a two-foot depth.

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.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1205479, 1205480.