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Alabama Flood Stories

1,380 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alabama, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Lauderdale, AL · Feb 5, 2020

A strong influx of moisture, along with a potent upper level jet stream and incoming cold front brought multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some heavy from the early morning of the 5th through the early morning of the 6th.

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Lauderdale, AL · Feb 5, 2020

A strong influx of moisture, along with a potent upper level jet stream and incoming cold front brought multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some heavy from the early morning of the 5th through the early morning of the 6th.

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Baldwin, AL · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Baldwin, AL · Sep 15, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Escambia, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Covington, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Crenshaw, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Butler, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, AL at 5am on Wednesday, September 16th as a strong Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.

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Pike, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday morning on September 16, near Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sally weakened quickly after moving inland and tracked northeast across southeast Alabama during the overnight hours on Wednesday, September 16th, and the morning hours on Thursday,…

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Barbour, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday morning on September 16, near Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sally weakened quickly after moving inland and tracked northeast across southeast Alabama during the overnight hours on Wednesday, September 16th, and the morning hours on Thursday,…

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Russell, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday morning on September 16, near Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sally weakened quickly after moving inland and tracked northeast across southeast Alabama during the overnight hours on Wednesday, September 16th, and the morning hours on Thursday,…

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Bullock, AL · Sep 16, 2020

Hurricane Sally made landfall early Wednesday morning on September 16, near Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sally weakened quickly after moving inland and tracked northeast across southeast Alabama during the overnight hours on Wednesday, September 16th, and the morning hours on Thursday,…

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Lauderdale, AL · Sep 13, 2020

Thanks to a stationary boundary draped southwest to northeast across the TN and Mid-MS Valley, several waves of moderate to heavy rainfall occurred on September 13, 2020.

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Lauderdale, AL · Sep 13, 2020

Thanks to a stationary boundary draped southwest to northeast across the TN and Mid-MS Valley, several waves of moderate to heavy rainfall occurred on September 13, 2020.

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Colbert, AL · Sep 13, 2020

Thanks to a stationary boundary draped southwest to northeast across the TN and Mid-MS Valley, several waves of moderate to heavy rainfall occurred on September 13, 2020.

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Colbert, AL · Sep 13, 2020

Thanks to a stationary boundary draped southwest to northeast across the TN and Mid-MS Valley, several waves of moderate to heavy rainfall occurred on September 13, 2020.

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Flash Flood

Colbert, AL · Sep 13, 2020

Thanks to a stationary boundary draped southwest to northeast across the TN and Mid-MS Valley, several waves of moderate to heavy rainfall occurred on September 13, 2020.

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Colbert, AL · Feb 5, 2020

A strong influx of moisture, along with a potent upper level jet stream and incoming cold front brought multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms, some heavy from the early morning of the 5th through the early morning of the 6th.

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Blount, AL · Feb 6, 2020

Heavy rainfall and severe storms affected Central Alabama on February 5th and 6th as several impulses emanated from a deep upper trough centered over the central United States.

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St. Clair, AL · Feb 6, 2020

Heavy rainfall and severe storms affected Central Alabama on February 5th and 6th as several impulses emanated from a deep upper trough centered over the central United States.

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Tuscaloosa, AL · Feb 6, 2020

Heavy rainfall and severe storms affected Central Alabama on February 5th and 6th as several impulses emanated from a deep upper trough centered over the central United States.

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Lauderdale, AL · Apr 12, 2020

Heavy rainfall occurred across the entire NWS Huntsville County Warning area, as well as damage from thunderstorm winds and a few tornadoes. ||While heavy rainfall reports were spread out across the CWFA, the most significant flash flooding occurred in Fort Payne and surrounding…

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Jackson, AL · Apr 12, 2020

Heavy rainfall occurred across the entire NWS Huntsville County Warning area, as well as damage from thunderstorm winds and a few tornadoes. ||While heavy rainfall reports were spread out across the CWFA, the most significant flash flooding occurred in Fort Payne and surrounding…

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Dekalb, AL · Apr 12, 2020

Heavy rainfall occurred across the entire NWS Huntsville County Warning area, as well as damage from thunderstorm winds and a few tornadoes. ||While heavy rainfall reports were spread out across the CWFA, the most significant flash flooding occurred in Fort Payne and surrounding…

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