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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.

Flash Flood

Colbert, AL · Nov 30, 2019

An unseasonably warm and humid airmass flowed northward in advance of a front system on the 30th. This resulted in multiple clusters of showers and thunderstorms which repeatedly moved across northwest Alabama.

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Flash Flood

Colbert, AL · Nov 30, 2019

An unseasonably warm and humid airmass flowed northward in advance of a front system on the 30th. This resulted in multiple clusters of showers and thunderstorms which repeatedly moved across northwest Alabama.

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Flood

Colbert, AL · Nov 30, 2019

An unseasonably warm and humid airmass flowed northward in advance of a front system on the 30th. This resulted in multiple clusters of showers and thunderstorms which repeatedly moved across northwest Alabama.

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Flood

Limestone, AL · Nov 30, 2019

An unseasonably warm and humid airmass flowed northward in advance of a front system on the 30th. This resulted in multiple clusters of showers and thunderstorms which repeatedly moved across northwest Alabama.

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Flash Flood

Bibb, AL · Sep 16, 2004

At least one hundred trees and power lines were blown down across Bibb County during Hurricane Ivan. At least 150 households were impacted with varying degrees of wind damage. Three homes suffered extensive damage. Maximum wind gusts were estimated around 65 miles an hour.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Pickens, AL · Feb 5, 2004

Doppler radar estimated 4 to 8 inches of rainfall across Pickens County in a short period of time. Several roads were temporarily impassable. Numerous creeks and streams quickly rose out of their banks and caused flooding. One railroad tressel was flooded.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, AL · Jul 9, 2022

A late season cold front pushed southward across Central Alabama on July 9th. The air mass ahead of the front was very unstable with afternoon surface based CAPE of 4000-4500 J/kg and lifted indices around -7 Celsius.

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Flash Flood

Chambers, AL · Jul 9, 2022

A late season cold front pushed southward across Central Alabama on July 9th. The air mass ahead of the front was very unstable with afternoon surface based CAPE of 4000-4500 J/kg and lifted indices around -7 Celsius.

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Flash Flood

Cullman, AL · Aug 7, 2022

Diurnal heating and a moisture convergence along a boundary just south of the Tennessee River produced scattered strong to severe shower and thunderstorm development in portions of northwestern Alabama and Cullman county.

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Flash Flood

Baldwin, AL · Sep 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Mobile, AL · Sep 4, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Baldwin, AL · Sep 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Baldwin, AL · Sep 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Clarke, AL · Sep 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Clarke, AL · Sep 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Choctaw, AL · Sep 5, 2018

Tropical Storm Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi at 1015 PM CDT on September 4, 2018 with estimated maximum sustained winds of 70 mph.

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Flash Flood

Dallas, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Elmore, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Perry, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Chilton, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Greene, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Greene, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Elmore, AL · May 30, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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Flash Flood

Tuscaloosa, AL · May 29, 2018

Sub-tropical storm Alberto made landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Monday evening, Monday May 28th. The cyclone advanced northward into Central Alabama during the overnight hours and into Tuesday, May 29th.

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