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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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Marshall, AL · Oct 6, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms erupted across the Tennessee Valley on October 6th, repeatedly moving across Marshall County, which caused widespread flash flooding.

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Madison, AL · Oct 6, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms erupted across the Tennessee Valley on October 6th, repeatedly moving across Marshall County, which caused widespread flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Madison, AL · Oct 6, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms erupted across the Tennessee Valley on October 6th, repeatedly moving across Marshall County, which caused widespread flash flooding.

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Flash Flood

Madison, AL · Oct 7, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms erupted across the Tennessee Valley on October 6th, repeatedly moving across Marshall County, which caused widespread flash flooding.

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Shelby, AL · Jul 27, 2021

The base of an upper trough nosed into north Alabama and provided lift along a diffuse surface boundary. Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall developed along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor during the afternoon hours.

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Bullock, AL · Sep 16, 2004

Thousands of trees and power lines were snapped off or blown down across the county. Hundreds of homes suffered varying degrees of wind damage. Maximum wind gusts were estimated around 80 miles an hour within one of Ivan's outer rainbands.

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Blount, AL · Sep 16, 2004

Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down from Ivan's high winds across the county. Ten to twenty homes suffered varying degrees of damage, mainly minor roof damage. Maximum wind gusts were estimated between 55 to 60 miles an hour.

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Cherokee, AL · Jan 22, 2017

After over a week of near-record to record high temperatures, several upper-level disturbances followed by a strong upper-level low pressure system produced multiple rounds of severe weather across Central Alabama.

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Cherokee, AL · Jan 22, 2017

After over a week of near-record to record high temperatures, several upper-level disturbances followed by a strong upper-level low pressure system produced multiple rounds of severe weather across Central Alabama.

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Coffee, AL · Jan 21, 2017

A multi-day severe weather event struck the southeast January 21-22, 2017 with three rounds of severe weather moving through the area. The first round of severe weather started during the mid-morning hours on Saturday, January 21, 2017 as a squall line pushed into southeast…

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Coffee, AL · Jan 21, 2017

A multi-day severe weather event struck the southeast January 21-22, 2017 with three rounds of severe weather moving through the area. The first round of severe weather started during the mid-morning hours on Saturday, January 21, 2017 as a squall line pushed into southeast…

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Dale, AL · Jan 21, 2017

A multi-day severe weather event struck the southeast January 21-22, 2017 with three rounds of severe weather moving through the area. The first round of severe weather started during the mid-morning hours on Saturday, January 21, 2017 as a squall line pushed into southeast…

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Houston, AL · Jan 2, 2017

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms affected the region to start the year. Two day rainfall totals in excess of 8 inches were common across portions of the Florida panhandle with several roads flooded.

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Escambia, AL · Jun 21, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Choctaw, AL · Jun 22, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Clarke, AL · Jun 22, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Clarke, AL · Jun 23, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Baldwin, AL · Jun 20, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Mobile, AL · Jun 21, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Butler, AL · Jun 22, 2017

Tropical Storm Cindy first developed in the central Gulf of Mexico on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 20th and made landfall between Cameron, LA and Port Arthur, TX during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 22nd.

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Madison, AL · Aug 10, 2017

During the overnight hours of August 9th into the wee hours of the morning of the 10th, two separate and significant flash flooding events occurred in Madison County.

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Flash Flood

Madison, AL · Aug 10, 2017

During the overnight hours of August 9th into the wee hours of the morning of the 10th, two separate and significant flash flooding events occurred in Madison County.

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Flash Flood

Madison, AL · Aug 10, 2017

During the overnight hours of August 9th into the wee hours of the morning of the 10th, two separate and significant flash flooding events occurred in Madison County.

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Flash Flood

Madison, AL · Aug 10, 2017

During the overnight hours of August 9th into the wee hours of the morning of the 10th, two separate and significant flash flooding events occurred in Madison County.

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