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Browns Creek flooding floods parts of Fairgrounds; staff documents damage and reschedules events
Summary
Heavy storms flooded areas of the Nashville Fairgrounds, cresting at about 11.5 feet in Browns Creek, causing road closures, debris, fence damage and event cancellations; staff is documenting costs for emergency management and working to reschedule multiple events.
Intense storms over the April weekend caused Browns Creek to crest about 11.5 feet early Thursday, sending floodwater over parts of the Nashville Fairgrounds, producing road closures, debris deposits and localized facility damage, staff told the board.
Operations staff reported that the creek crest caused the fence behind the employee lot to be struck and that several roads — including Nolensville Pike and portions of Wedgwood under the railroad trestle, Bransford and Craighead — were closed due to debris. Coliseum Way was…
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