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Flash Flood — Elmore, AL

Jul 1, 2003

Tropical Storm Bill made landfall along the Louisiana Coast during the afternoon of June 30. The storm entered Terrebonne Parrish near Terrebonne Bay, west of Houma, and continued on a northeast path. This brought the remnants of Tropical Storm Bill across central Alabama on July 1. Doppler radar estimated a large swath of 4 to 6 inches of rain across central Alabama with isolated totals approaching 8 inches. Due to the heavy rain amounts over the previous couple of months, flash flooding w

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5376299). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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