DUNLAP, Tenn. — Officials in Dunlap, Tenn., say a late-afternoon downpour caused some downtown flooding.
Sequatchie County Executive Michael Hudson said some residents with rain gauges unofficially recorded around 3 inches of rain in less than an hour.
The downpour pushed Coops Creek and downtown tributaries over their banks but Mr. Hudson said by 6 p.m. EDT, the waters were beginning to recede.
Rising waters crept up to but not inside the Sequatchie County Justice Center. Some water entered the old health department building beside the courthouse that now houses agricultural and soil conservation departments, he said.
“We had water levels getting pretty high at the justice center. There’s no damage as of yet. We’ve got crews out with sandbags as we speak,” he said just before 6 p.m. “If it continues to rise, we might have some problems.”
Resident Carson Camp said floodwaters were lapping at his home near Coops Creek, but no water had gotten inside. Mr. Camp’s home has flooded repeatedly over the years and he has raised the level of the living space to stay out of high waters, he said.
Mr. Hudson said he didn’t know whether the rains affected residential areas as much as downtown.
“We’ll be assessing damage,” he said.
Ben Benton is a news reporter at the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He covers Southeast Tennessee and previously covered North Georgia education. Ben has worked at the Times Free Press since November 2005, first covering Bledsoe and Sequatchie counties and later adding Marion, Grundy and other counties in the northern and western edges of the region to his coverage. He was born and raised in Cleveland, Tenn., a graduate of Bradley Central High School. Benton ...
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