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Flash Flood — Lauderdale, AL

Dec 29, 2019

The first of two lines of thunderstorms arrived in northwest Alabama during the early afternoon hours producing a couple reports of wind damage. The second and more intense line of thunderstorms arrived during the early evening hours, and produced several reports of wind damage, one tornado in Limestone County, and flash flooding which killed one person.||After 2-3 inches of rain in less than two hours, a flash flood occurred along Anderson creek in Lauderdale County, sweeping three cars off of

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 870174). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Lauderdale, AL

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