The Nashville area received one of the highest total daily rainfall amounts in its history. I-24 at Bell Road (Hickory Hollow Mall area) was actually flooded over, despite the fact that the interstate goes over the surface road, not the other way around. One death occurred there, as people were simply trapped before they realized what was happening.
Lots of areas had flooding that had not had such events since the 1970’s. Many churches in the greater Nashville area called off services today.
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has done a very good job informing people of the Interstate conditions, and we have many cameras available on-line. It’s just a tough situation.
rain fall totals at Franklin,Tenn.