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Flash Flood — Talladega, AL

May 9, 2024

An upper-level shortwave moving southward across the South along with an associated surface cold front instigated an outbreak of severe weather across Tennessee and North Alabama. This activity reached Central Alabama by the morning of May 9 in the form of a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS) which affected portions of the state east of I-65 with numerous reports of tree damage. A second wave of activity during the afternoon saw several developing supercells over the central and western part of t

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1167205). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Talladega, AL

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