Flash Flood in Dekalb County, Alabama
Flash Flood February 22, 2019 – February 24, 2019 · Dekalb County, Alabama
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A Jeep with 3 teenagers ventured across the spillway/bridge in Bucks Pocket State Park on February 22nd and was swept away by raging floodwaters following record rainfall across the area. The driver and passenger survived, found clinging to trees several hundred yards downstream, but the young man in the back of the vehicle perished. His body was found March 21 in Morgan Cove, after divers found the vehicle several days prior.
The wider storm
A Jeep with 3 teenagers ventured across the spillway/bridge in Bucks Pocket State Park on February 22nd and was swept away by raging floodwaters following record rainfall across the area. The driver and passenger survived, found clinging to trees several hundred yards downstream, but the young man in the back of the vehicle perished. His body was found March 21 in Morgan Cove (Marshall County), after divers found the vehicle several days prior.
Began near Grove Oak (34.4760, -86.0559).
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 812906. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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