1,380 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alabama, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Thunderstorms developed around midday across portions of Northwestern Alabama. They repeatedly moved across Phil Campbell in Franklin County, flooding much of the city and washing away several roads.
Read the full account →A low pressure system moved northeast from eastern Kansas into the Great Lakes region, while rapidly deepening. Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a strong trailing cold front which pushed in northwest Alabama during the afternoon hours and into…
Read the full account →Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours. One of the storms resulted in wind damage. Excessive rain in northwest Alabama led to a few reports of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours. One of the storms resulted in wind damage. Excessive rain in northwest Alabama led to a few reports of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours. One of the storms resulted in wind damage. Excessive rain in northwest Alabama led to a few reports of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours. One of the storms resulted in wind damage. Excessive rain in northwest Alabama led to a few reports of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours. One of the storms resulted in wind damage. Excessive rain in northwest Alabama led to a few reports of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Clusters of strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the early to mid afternoon hours. One of the storms resulted in wind damage. Excessive rain in northwest Alabama led to a few reports of flash flooding.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms developed during the midday into the afternoon hours. Many of the thunderstorms produced brief gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Isolated strong thunderstorms developed during the midday hours in far northern Alabama, then dropped south through the late afternoon hours. One particular storm dumped very heavy rainfall that resulted in isolated flash flooding in the city of Cullman.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of around eight inches caused several roads in the southwest part of the county to be closed. The rains started around 730 am and by 900 am many of the roads were becoming impassable. Most of the roads remained closed into the afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms dropped southeast through most of northwest into north central Alabama during the morning into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms dropped southeast through most of northwest into north central Alabama during the morning into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms dropped southeast through most of northwest into north central Alabama during the morning into the early afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Several supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of a QLCS in advance of a cold front. One supercell produced three weak tornadoes, with another QLCS producing a weak tornado.
Read the full account →Several supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of a QLCS in advance of a cold front. One supercell produced three weak tornadoes, with another QLCS producing a weak tornado.
Read the full account →Several supercell thunderstorms developed ahead of a QLCS in advance of a cold front. One supercell produced three weak tornadoes, with another QLCS producing a weak tornado.
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