Jessica and Jason Stapp walk beneath an umbrella as they cross Oak Street during afternoon thunderstorms Sunday in Chattanooga. Thunderstorm and flood warnings were issued for the tri-state region and authorities reported flash floods and scattered power outages Sunday evening.This afternoon’s storms have downed trees and flooded streets and roads throughout the tri-state region but no severe damage had been reported as of 4 p.m.
Danna Bailey with EBP said reports of power outages have come in from about 40 areas representing about 200 homes and businesses.
“In the scheme of 170,000 (customers) it’s quite small, but it’s widespread. There are little outages here and there all over the service territory,” she said.
Flood advisories were in effect for Hamilton and Bradley counties until 4:30 p.m. today, the National Weather Service reported.
The weather service said up to 2 inches of rain fell in an hour near Harrison and McDonald early this afternoon and the same amount was still to come.