Feb 22, 2019
A east-west zone of deep moisture across north Alabama on February 22nd was located along the northern periphery of a 500mb ridge across Florida. A digging short wave trough over the Southwest United States produced several downstream impulses which produced localized heavy rainfall across Marion County. On the next day, the upper trough tracked northeast into Texas and produced a band of severe storms across Central Alabama.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 809764). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Tuscaloosa County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.