1,380 first-hand accounts of flood events in Alabama, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A vigorous upper level trough and cold front swept through the mid and deep South during the evening hours of the 22nd and early morning hours of the 23rd. Multiple bands of thunderstorms, some including embedded supercells, tracked rapidly northeast at 50 to 60 mph.
Read the full account →A vigorous upper level trough and cold front swept through the mid and deep South during the evening hours of the 22nd and early morning hours of the 23rd. Multiple bands of thunderstorms, some including embedded supercells, tracked rapidly northeast at 50 to 60 mph.
Read the full account →Scattered afternoon thunderstorms developed in an environment of high instability favorable for isolated, brief severe storms. On July 21st, two outflow boundaries collided and initiated a large cluster of storms that moved slowly across portions of southern Houston and…
Read the full account →Several roads across the county were flooded and impassable. Ohatchee City Park was flooded and damage occurred to the ball fields. Oxford Lake also had some damaged ball fields. Numerous homes and businesses in Hobson City were damaged by flood waters.
Read the full account →A band of significant rainfall repeatedly doused parts of extreme northwest Alabama and southern middle Tennessee. Radar estimated rainfall in isolated locations as high as 6 to 8 inches, but the majority of the area received 2 to 4 inches of rain.
Read the full account →For the second time in less than a month, the area was again threatened by a hurricane. Hurricane Georges affected the region September 25 through the 29. The coastal areas from Dauphin Island to east of Destin were put under a hurricane watch at 900 AM CST, September 25.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary band of heavy rain developed on the 4th of July across portions of northwest and north central Alabama. A bulk of the rainfall occurred during the late morning through late afternoon hours.
Read the full account →Hundreds of trees were blown down across all of Jefferson County. The power was not fully restored in all locations for at least 7 days. Over 500 homes sustained varying degrees of wind damage. Maximum wind gusts were estimated around 70 miles an hour.
Read the full account →Ten to Twelve inches of rainfall in a twelve hour period caused several roads to flood in the south parts of Mobile county, generally along and south of I-10. Flooding of the roads started about 800 pm Sunday evening and continued through 500 am Monday morning.
Read the full account →A slow moving complex weather system moved through southwest Alabama on March 8, bringing with it copious amounts of rainfall. The Mobile WSR-88D estimated rainfall totals of six to ten inches across the area on March 8 with Brewton recording 9.54 inches.
Read the full account →A slow moving complex weather system moved through southwest Alabama on March 8, bringing with it copious amounts of rainfall. The Mobile WSR-88D estimated rainfall totals of six to ten inches across the area on March 8 with Brewton recording 9.54 inches.
Read the full account →A complex of heavy showers and thunderstorms developed around 5 am and tracked slowly northward through northeast Alabama. Thunderstorms and intense rainfall repeatedly regenerated over the same area, especially from Scottsboro northward through the Hytop area.
Read the full account →For the second time in less than a month, the area was again threatened by a hurricane. Hurricane Georges affected the region September 25 through the 29. The coastal areas from Dauphin Island to east of Destin were put under a hurricane watch at 900 AM CST, September 25.
Read the full account →Hurricane Dennis came ashore along the Alabama-Florida Panhandle coastline Sunday afternoon. Rainfall amounts ranged from two to four inches across extreme southeast Alabama. Most of the damage was a result of strong winds associated with Dennis' passing rain bands.
Read the full account →Hurricane Dennis came ashore along the Alabama-Florida Panhandle coastline Sunday afternoon. Rainfall amounts ranged from two to four inches across extreme southeast Alabama. Most of the damage was a result of strong winds associated with Dennis' passing rain bands.
Read the full account →For the second time in less than a month, the area was again threatened by a hurricane. Hurricane Georges affected the region September 25 through the 29. The coastal areas from Dauphin Island to east of Destin were put under a hurricane watch at 900 AM CST, September 25.
Read the full account →A series of upper level disturbance rotating around a mean longwave trough west of the area brought copious amounts of moisture into the area.
Read the full account →Hurricane Ivan weakened to a tropical storm as it moved north into southwest Alabama on September 16. The maximum sustained and peak wind gust recorded was 44 and 54 knots, respectively, at Dothan, AL. The lowest sea-level pressure was 1000 mb at Dothan.
Read the full account →Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast early Monday morning August 29, 2005 as a large category four hurricane. Sustained winds were around 145 mph in southeast Louisiana. Katrina continued northward affecting areas from New Orleans to Mobile.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Zeta moved rapidly northeast through central into southern portions of northeast Alabama. The storm produced wind gusts of 35-40 mph in a small portion of northeast Alabama.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rains that caused widespread flooding in portions of south central and southwest Alabama. Flooding from area rivers and small streams produced the most widespread flooding in portions of Escambia County, Alabama in the Atmore, Flomaton…
Read the full account →Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast early Monday morning August 29, 2005 as a large category four hurricane. Sustained winds were around 145 mph in southeast Louisiana. Katrina continued northward affecting areas from New Orleans to Mobile.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rains that caused widespread flooding in portions of south central and southwest Alabama. Flooding from area rivers and small streams produced the most widespread flooding in portions of Escambia County, Alabama in the Atmore, Flomaton…
Read the full account →Rains of around ten inches caused many roads to become impassable in the south central part of Baldwin county. People living along the Fish River were the hardest hit. The roads started flooding around 900 pm on Sunday evening and continued until 500 am Monday morning.
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