Flood in Alabama, February 22, 1998

Name: Flood in Alabama, February 22, 1998
Start: 1998-02-22T06:30
End: 1998-02-22T08:00
Location: Alabama

February 22, 1998 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
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.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Lower Baldwin

When: February 22, 6:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Lower Baldwin forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000

Coastal Flooding... Strong easterly winds of 40 to 50 mph developed behind a line of eastward moving thunderstorms (Bubble High formed) . The winds caused high waves between Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Two to three big waves (up to 4 feet high) moved ashore and carried loose objects into the surf as the waves receded. No one was injured. One person saw the larger waves moving ashore and alerted a couple of people on the beach. They were then able to get to higher ground before the waves crashed ashore.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5629937.