MCEWEN, Tenn. (WTVF) — The devastating rainfall that hit Middle Tennessee on August 21 has officially set the state's record for total precipitation within a 24-hour period.
Humphreys County took the brunt of the rainfall, causing catastrophic flash flooding and killing 20 people.
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On Monday, the State Climate Extremes Committee and the National Weather Service confirmed that 20.73 inches of rainfall fell in McEwen at the Tennessee Wastewater Treatment Plant, breaking the state's 24-hour precipitation record. On the same day, 17.03 inches was recorded at the Tennessee Valley Authority rain gauge also in McEwen, setting the second-highest record.
The previous record was 13.60 inches in Milan, Tennessee was set on September 13, 1982.
