Heavy rains brought some flooding in the Chattanooga area on Friday morning.
The storm that brought the downpour along with thunder and lightning was moving quickly through the area, however.
The National Weather Service in Morristown issued a flood warning early Friday afternoon for Bradley, Hamilton, Meigs, McMinn, Polk and Monroe counties.
At 1:22 p.m., heavy rain showers were causing creeks to rise to bankful and some street flooding in East Ridge and in Cleveland. It was enough to stop some traffic on both cities.
A house was flooded in East Ridge.
Lightning struck a home in the upscale Enclave subdivision in Hixson. At the residence of Jim Mullenix, lightning shattered the brick chimney and also caused extensive damage throughout the home. However, it did not catch fire.
A number of trees were uprooted in Whitfield County. The storm destroyed a mobile home and blew the roof off several barns.
An AirTran plane that was struck by lightning had to land at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport on Friday afternoon. The plane had been headed to Atlanta from Washington, D.c.
The plane made a safe landing shortly after 4 p.m. The passengers were diverted to another plane.