Nearby Franklin also declared a state of emergency. More than 50 people needed to be rescued because of flooding. Monday in Brentwood, just south of Nashville, city officials declared a state of emergency after more than 8 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period, according to the weather service. Nashville Mayor John Cooper called the deaths "deeply disturbing" and declared a state of emergency to help cleanup efforts. Tuesday, the rescues continued, including an adult and child saved on the roof of a car in about 2 feet of water, authorities said. Dozens more were rescued in neighboring counties. Historic rains drenched the South over the weekend, and the 7.01 inches of rain that fell at the Nashville airport from Saturday to Sunday was the second-highest two-day rainfall total recorded in the city.įour people in Nashville, one in Hawkins County and one in Cheatham County died in the flooding, Tennessee officials said.įire and emergency management officials launched boats to rescue about 130 people from homes and vehicles in Nashville. Some flash flooding could be possible in southern Appalachia and the mid-Atlantic farther north, temperatures will drop, prompting a few inches of wet snow Thursday morning in New York. Once the storms leave Tennessee, they will head toward the Southeast and mid-Atlantic late Wednesday, forecasters said.
NWS Weather Prediction Center March 30, 2021 This activity will continue to advance east impacting much of the East Coast through Wednesday night. The next round of heavy rain could result in scattered flash flooding across portions of the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys this afternoon through Wednesday morning.
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