Flash Flood — Lauderdale, Alabama

2019-12-29 to 2019-12-30 · near Anderson, Lauderdale, Alabama

Event narrative

Three vehicles were swept by flash flooding on Anderson Creek along CR 50 and CR 52. A 20 year old woman was killed in the vehicle. Two others including the victim's mother in the other vehicles were rescued. Time of occurrence from Times Daily news article.

Wider weather episode

The first of two lines of thunderstorms arrived in northwest Alabama during the early afternoon hours producing a couple reports of wind damage. The second and more intense line of thunderstorms arrived during the early evening hours, and produced several reports of wind damage, one tornado in Limestone County, and flash flooding which killed one person.

After 2-3 inches of rain in less than two hours, a flash flood occurred along Anderson creek in Lauderdale County, sweeping three cars off of two roads affected. One person was killed, while at least two others were rescued.

A storm survey determined that an EF-0 tornado occurred southwest of Athens.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 870174. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.