Flash Flood, Cullman
- When
- September 16, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman County, Cullman
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Alabama, September 16, 1996
Heavy rain with a thunderstorm produced flash flooding in Cullman. A teenager was sucked into a drainage ditch and came out two blocks away.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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 rain with a thunderstorm produced flash flooding in Cullman. A teenager was sucked into a drainage ditch and came out two blocks away. Highways 31 and 278 were closed due to high water and numerous cars floated away.
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 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 South Carolina, September 16, 1996
- Tornado in South Carolina, September 16, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, September 16, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, September 16, 1996
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- Tornado in Alabama, September 16, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, September 16, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 16, 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: 5564101.