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Flash Flood in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Flash Flood December 29, 2019 – December 30, 2019 · Lauderdale County, Alabama
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
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.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Anderson (34.9200, -87.2700).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 870174. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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