Updated: July 28, 2017

HEAVY RAINS FLOODED PARTS OF SOUTHERN TENNESSEE FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERAL ROADWAYS WERE DEEMED IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER IN LAWRENCE, LEWIS AND PERRY COUNTIES. SWIFT WATER RESCUE TEAMS WERE CALLED INTO ACTION IN PERRY COUNTY JUST BEFORE 9:00 A-. AROUND THE SAME TIME, LAWRENCEBURG AND LAWRENCE COUNTY SWIFT WATER RESCUERS RESPONDED TO A STRANDED MOTORIST ON FLATWOODS ROAD. AT 10:00, TEAM MEMBERS WERE CALLED TO BIG SPRINGS FORK TO ASSIST RESIDENTS TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES DUE TO HIGH WATER. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. AN AVERAGE OF FOUR INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED FRIDAY MORNING IN LAWRENCE COUNTY AND SIX INCHES IN LEWIS COUNTY.