Heavy Rain, Lauderdale
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Alabama, June 1 to 30, 1997
A month of rainfall took it's toll on the cotton crop across the Tennessee valley and many farmers were forced to plow the crop under due to the wet weather. Tobacco and corn crops were also hit hard by the overly wet weather.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $450,000
- Events
- 9
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.
A month of rainfall took it's toll on the cotton crop across the Tennessee valley and many farmers were forced to plow the crop under due to the wet weather. Tobacco and corn crops were also hit hard by the overly wet weather.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Colbert
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Franklin
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Lawrence
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Limestone
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Morgan
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Madison
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Jackson
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.779, -85.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Marshall
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to June 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Countywide
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 1, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 1 to 3, 1997
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 15, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 1, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Cold in Georgia, June 1 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, June 1997
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: 5605533, 5605534, 5605535, 5605536, 5605537, 5605538, 5605539, 5605540, 5605541.