Event narrative (NOAA)
Dozens of cars and trucks were trapped by flash flooding along Mill Creek near the Bell Rd. exit on I-24. A portable classroom trailer from a school half a mile away floated to the Interstate and was destroyed as it was sucked into a culvert. A 21 year old man was killed attempting to cross water in the Bell Rd. area.
Other notable flash flood events in Tennessee
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.