Sep 20, 2011
A slow moving Mesoscale Convective Vortex (MCV) triggered showers and thunderstorms across much of north Central Alabama on Tuesday, September 20. High rainfall rates led to isolated flash flooding. South of the MCV, slow moving showers and thunderstorms developed in an unstable airmass, resulting in isolated wind damage and flash flooding.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 348900). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Russell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.