Middle Tennessee, flooding
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The Nashville area could get 5 to 6 inches of rain by the weekend.
From Colts Wire
In hard-hit Selmer, Tennessee, a town about 90 miles east of Memphis, the tornado outbreak claimed at least three lives.
From CNN
The storm has already wreaked havoc across the South and the Midwest, killing at least eight people, including a boy who was swept away by floodwaters in Kentucky.
From The New York Times
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Flooding is the major concern for communities in Tennessee as heavy rain lingers. Find out where rivers are flooding with our flood map.
This current rain event is expected to bring 'generational flooding', which only happens once a generation. But memories of 2010 flood still plague some.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Some schools in the Middle Tennessee area have scheduled proms that many students will be driving to. As storms move in, heavy rain could impact the roads. Officials are urging parents to make sure their kids are weather aware as they make their way to their big night.
The Nashville Fire Department responded to over a dozen high water calls on Thursday. A state of emergency was issued for the Volunteer State where local authorities reported at least six fatalities.
1don MSN
While the risk of severe weather remains low for parts of Middle Tennessee, a tornado or two cannot be ruled out, according to the National Weather Service.
Many celebrities own property within the flood risk area posed by an atmospheric river bringing heavy rainfall.
However, one part of town that’s left Nashvillians heartbroken is seeing the beloved dive bar, Santa’s Pub, affected by the flooding in Berry Hill. Santa’s Pub is the ultimate dive bar and karaoke bar. It is made of a double-wide trailer. The bar is cash only, and there is no hard liquor, just beer and seltzers. It’s a dive bar enthusiast’s dream.
Potentially historic flooding is underway Thursday in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, as repeated rounds of rain pummel several states in America’s heartland.