Flood, Lower Mobile
- When
- February 15, 3:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Mobile forecast zone
- Property damage
- $30,000
Flooding in Alabama, February 15, 1998
Coastal Flooding... Strong east to southeast winds, with gusts to 55 mph, caused water to pile up along the west parts of Mobile Bay and along the Gulf coastal areas in Baldwin and Escambia counties from Orange Beach to Pensacola Pass.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $55,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Coastal Flooding... Strong east to southeast winds, with gusts to 55 mph, caused water to pile up along the west parts of Mobile Bay and along the Gulf coastal areas in Baldwin and Escambia counties from Orange Beach to Pensacola Pass. In Mobile county...County Road 193, leading to the Dauphin Island Bridge, had to be closed south of Alabama Port for a couple of hours due to high water putting debris across the roadway. Part of the road was washed out by the high waves blowing across the road. The tides at the Alabama State Docks reached 3.4 feet , 3.0 feet at Bayou La Batre and 2.5 feet at Little Dauphin Island.In Baldwin county...Several homes on stilts along the beach area in Orange Beach, had water two to three feet deep under them (where sand is usually at).In Escambia county...Several boats and piers were damaged on Grand Lagoon and Perdido Bay by the high waves generated by the strong winds.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Lower Baldwin
- When
- February 15, 3:00 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Baldwin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Storm Surge in Mississippi, February 15, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Strong Wind in Georgia, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 1998
- Storm Surge in Louisiana, February 15, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, February 15 to 26, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 15 to 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, February 1998
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: 5629934, 5629935.