Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996

Name: Flash Flood in Alabama, August 30, 1996
Start: 1996-08-30T09:00
End: 1996-08-30T14:00
Location: Alabama

August 30, 1996 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rains of around eight inches caused several roads in the southwest part of the county to be closed. The rains started around 730 am and by 900 am many of the roads were becoming impassable.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.

Heavy rains of around eight inches caused several roads in the southwest part of the county to be closed. The rains started around 730 am and by 900 am many of the roads were becoming impassable. Most of the roads remained closed into the afternoon hours. The hardest hit were the Coy and Dry Forks areas

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Wilcox

When: August 30, 9:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
Where: Wilcox County, Coy
Property damage: $15,000
Coordinates: 31.989, -87.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, August 1996

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5566255.