Feb 23, 2016
A trough of low pressure at 500 milibars was analyzed near the New Mexico and Texas border. A weak shortwave trough was also analyzed across northwest Mississippi. At the surface, a stationary front was draped from McComb, Mississippi, eastward to near a Tuscaloosa to Anniston, Alabama line. A surface low began to deepen over east Texas producing strengthening low level wind fields. Despite limited surface based instability over central Alabama due to persistent low clouds, the atmosphere was c
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 620650). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Etowah County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.