Flash Flood in Coffee County, Alabama

Flash Flood September 28, 1998 – September 29, 1998 · Coffee County, Alabama

$2.5M

Damage as recorded

$15.0M

Crop damage

What the National Weather Service wrote

Torrential rains of 8 to 24 inches produced the worst flash flooding in Geneva County since Hurricane Opal in 1995. Numerous roads were damaged or washed out. AL 54 was closed from Samson west to Florala. All county roads were closed for fear of more flooding and washouts. Significaant losses were incurred to peanut and cotton crops. Several creeks overflowed their banks closing AL 65, 54, and 52.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5667338. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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