Flash Flood in Lincoln County, Tennessee

Flash Flood in Lincoln County, Tennessee: 59 recorded events between 1996 and 2021. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #475 nationally and #10 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for flash flood in Lincoln County is the 2000s, when 33 of the county's 59 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Lincoln County archive, flash flood makes up 10.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #475 for this hazard and #10 within Tennessee, putting it in the 84.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Sep is the peak month for flash flood in Lincoln County with 14 recorded events, while Nov is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Thunderstorm Wind 354
• Hail 69
• Tornado 45

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many flash flood events are on record in Lincoln County, Tennessee?

59 flash flood events are recorded in Lincoln County between 1996 and 2021, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Lincoln County?

The strongest flash flood on record in Lincoln County measured 0.

Where does the flash flood data for Lincoln County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.