Near Harrison the Tennessee rose 15 feet above any known water mark. At Knoxville the river rose 12 feet above the high-water mark of 1847 and was over 50 feet deep. At Strawberry Plains the freshet rose 52 feet above low water and 11 feet above any other flood. At noon on March 7 the river attained its highest point, being 30 feet above low water and 4 feet above any other flood. At Kingsport, on the Holston, rain fell nearly continuously from February 28 to March 7. It consisted of one great rise due to furious rain storms which covered its entire valley, particularly the mountain region. “The flood of 1867 far exceeded all precedents for the past 90 years. The course of the flood through the Upper Tennessee Valley was described as follows by the Report of Chief of Engineers, 1875-1876: The rain  produced rapid snowmelt across the higher elevations, which contributed to the total storm runoff. But the heavy rainfall was not the whole story. Rainfall is estimated to have easily exceeded 6 inches across the remainder of the Upper Tennessee Valley and its drainages. The map above shows that during the first 7 days of March 1867, upwards of 12 inches of rain fell across an area extending from Lookout Mountain in northwest Georgia, to Maggie Valley, NC. Taken from “Floods and Flood Control,” Tennessee Valley Authority, Technical Report No. Meteorological data was scarce in 1867, but one attempt by the Tennessee Valley Authority to reconstruct the precipitation event resulted in the following isohyetal map.Įstimated total rainfall, March 1-7, 1867. The valley gradually slopes from southwest Virginia to Chattanooga, TN, with nearly all precipitation runoff from across the region flowing through Chattanooga. The Upper Tennessee Valley was especially susceptible to flooding thanks to its location between the Smoky Mountains to the east and the Cumberland Plateau to the west. The flood of 1867 is the most significant flood ever recorded in east Tennessee. May 1 & 2 2010 Epic Flood Event for Western and Middle Tennesse.This caused water conservation measures to be in place for several weeks until the facility was brought back on-line.
Harrington water treatment facility, operated by Nashville Metro Water Service, was also flooded and rendered inoperable. In the downtown area, LP Field (home of the Tennessee Titans), Bridgestone Arena (home of the Nashville Predators), the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and many other commercial and residential buildings sustained damage either from flood waters or basement flooding due to rising water tables. Many notable landmarks were flooded around Nashville, including the Grand Ole Opry House, Opry Mills Mall, and Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center east of downtown. Damage estimates of $2 billion were reported for the Nashville Metro area and close to $3 billion statewide. Numerous rescues took place during the event as well, but no concrete statistics on the number of injuries could be found. There were 26 fatalities reported due to this storm system 18 in Middle Tennessee (11 of those in the Nashville Metro area), 4 in western Tennessee, and 4 in Kentucky. This heavy rain event also set a new rainfall record for May in just 2 days, surpassing the 11.84 inches set for the month in 1983. A 2-day total of 13.57 inches of rain fell on May 1-2, more than double the previous 2-day rainfall record of 6.68 inches set in September 1979. The Cumberland River at Nashville crested near 52 feet, which is the highest level seen since the 1937 Flood. Rainfall amounts of 12 to 20 inches were common, with many rivers setting new record crests. The system impacted the area from May 1-4. The flooding was the result of heavy rainfall from a stalled frontal boundary combined with a tropical airmass from the Gulf of Mexico, which had origins in the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). The Nashville Flood of May of 2010 impacted West and Middle Tennessee, including the Nashville Metro area.
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