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The May 2010 Tennessee floods were 1000-year floods in Middle Tennessee, West Tennessee, south-central and western Kentucky and northern Mississippi areas of the United States of America as the result of torrential rains on May 1 and 2, 2010. Floods from these rains affected the area for several days afterwards, resulting in a number of deaths and widespread property damage.〔(20 confirmed dead in Tennessee ) ''The Tennessean'', May 2, 2010〕 Two-day rain totals in some areas were greater than . The Cumberland River crested at in Nashville, a level not seen since 1937, which was before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control measures were in place. All-time record crests were observed on the Cumberland River at Clarksville, the Duck River at Centerville and Hurricane Mills, the Buffalo River at Lobelville, the Harpeth River at Kingston Springs and Bellevue, and the Red River at Port Royal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Epic Flood Event of May 2010 )〕 ==Meteorology== According to the Memphis Office of the National Weather Service:
Several rainfall records in the Nashville area were broken during the rain event. fell during the two-day period of May 1–2, doubling the record of set in September 1979 during the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Frederic. On May 2 alone, of rain fell, including during a 12-hour period and in a 6-hour period, eclipsing records set on September 13, 1979. The event also set a record for wettest May on record, surpassing the record set in May 1983 with .〔 Heavy rain also affected large portions of Arkansas, northern Mississippi and southern Kentucky. In Arkansas, over fell in the Little Rock area, up to in West Memphis and over in northeastern Arkansas closer to the Mississippi River. Similar amounts were recorded across western and southern Kentucky where over fell in the Hopkinsville area and up to across the Missouri Bootheel. In addition to the heavy rain, moist air and ample instability contributed to the generation of multiple tornadoes affecting the same areas, which killed five persons: four in Mississippi during the early hours of May 2, and one in Arkansas during the evening of April 30.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Severe Weather/Heavy Rain on April 30 - May 1, 2010 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2010 Tennessee floods」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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