Flash Flood in Escambia County, Alabama

Flash Flood December 14, 2009 · Escambia County, Alabama

$1.2M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heavy rain produced widespread flash flooding in Atmore. Numerous homes, businesses, and roads were flooded. Several cars were stranded in the streets of downtown Atmore.

The wider storm

Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rains that caused widespread flooding in portions of south central and southwest Alabama. Flooding from area rivers and small streams produced the most widespread flooding in portions of Escambia County, Alabama in the Atmore, Flomaton and Brewton areas. The Federal Emergency Management Agency places the estimates for flood damage to property near 5.9 million U.S. Dollars in Escambia County, Alabama for this episode.

Began near Atmore (31.0300, -87.5000).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 208850. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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