Flash Flood, Tuscaloosa
- When
- July 24, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscaloosa County, Tuscaloosa
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Coordinates
- 33.290, -87.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Alabama, July 24, 1996
About two inches of rain fell in Tuscaloosa in less than an hour causing serious flash flooding in the city. The water was reported to be four feet deep in some areas.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $65,000
- 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 BMX wrote it up.
About two inches of rain fell in Tuscaloosa in less than an hour causing serious flash flooding in the city. The water was reported to be four feet deep in some areas. About 50 cars were damaged in a used car dealership due to rising water. The water was high enough to cause cars to float. Several small bridges over small creeks were washed away.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Colorado, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1996
- Tornado in Iowa, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 24, 1996
- High Surf in California, July 24 to 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 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: 5561481.