Flash Flood, Shelby
- When
- March 6, 12:20 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 33.264, -86.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Alabama, March 6, 1996
Heavy rains caused flash flooding along Buck Creek in Pelham and Alabaster, flash flooding in Columbiana primarily resulting in road closures, along Cahaba Valley Road between US 280 and Interstate 65, and along a section of the Cahaba River in Shelby County.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- 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.
Heavy rains caused flash flooding along Buck Creek in Pelham and Alabaster, flash flooding in Columbiana primarily resulting in road closures, along Cahaba Valley Road between US 280 and Interstate 65, and along a section of the Cahaba River in Shelby County.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 14 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:24 UTC.
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
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- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
More
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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: 5546747.