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Flash Flood — Marshall, Tennessee

March 17, 2002 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Marshall

Event narrative (NOAA)

Flooding of many highways across the county. At 215 AM, according to TEMA, a 17 year-old male was swept away as he and two other teens tried to push a stalled pick up truck across flooded Old Belfast Rd. The teen either slipped off the side of the road or stepped off the side of the road. His body was found 200 yards away in a drain pipe.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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