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Flash Flood — Morgan, AL

Dec 9, 2008

A warm front pushed northeast from Mississippi into northern Alabama producing widespread rainfall during the afternoon of the 9th. A squall line then produced another round of heavy rainfall, along with several small bow echoes. One of these stronger bow echoes resulted in an EF-2 tornado in Jackson County after midnight on the 10th.||Widespread rain amounts of 3 to 5 inches, locally near 6 inches, fell in Madison, Limestone, Morgan, and Lawrence counties resulting in widespread river and loc

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 145790). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Morgan, AL

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