Flash Flood in Alabama, January 7, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in Alabama, January 7, 1998
Start: 1998-01-07T10:45
End: 1998-01-07T12:15
Location: Alabama

January 7, 1998 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
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.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Escambia

When: January 7, 10:45 AM CST to 12:15 PM CST
Where: Escambia County, Southwest Portion
Property damage: $10,000
Coordinates: 31.126, -87.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One to three inches of rainfall in a short period of time caused several roads around the Brewton and Atmore areas to become impassable. US Hwy 41 north of Brewton was impassable for more than an hour because of high water over the road. US Highway 31 between Atmore and Flomaton also had to be closed for a short time due to high water. No one was injured.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, January 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: 5628628.