Flash Flood — Covington, Alabama

2023-06-15 · near River Falls, Covington, Alabama

Event narrative

Heavy rain caused creek to overflow and flood a basement.

Wider weather episode

Unusually strong wind shear combined with strong instability and numerous disturbances led to a very active period of severe weather through the month of June. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were recorded along with a few tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1115186. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.