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Flash Flood — Baldwin, AL

Mar 8, 1998

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. Some areas in north Baldwin county estimated up to fifteen inches of rain with Covington county estimating up to twelve inches of rain. The heavy rains began on the evening of March 7 and continued through the night before tapering off

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5639836). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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