Flash Flood — Escambia, Alabama

2009-12-14 · near Atmore, Escambia, Alabama

$1.2M

Property damage

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 208850. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.