Flood, Lower Mobile
- When
- March 17, 10:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Mobile forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
Flooding in Alabama, March 17, 1998
Southeast winds increased behind an area of eastward moving thunderstorms to 20 to 30 knots, with gusts to near 45 knots, for several hours. The winds were likely the result of a Bubble High developing behind the eastward moving thunderstorms.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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...Southeast winds increased behind an area of eastward moving thunderstorms to 20 to 30 knots, with gusts to near 45 knots, for several hours. The winds were likely the result of a Bubble High developing behind the eastward moving thunderstorms. Beach erosion again occurred from Orange Beach to Dauphin Island. Eastbound lanes across the causeway had to be closed because of high water and debris. The tides around Orange Beach were 4 to 6 feet above normal during this time. The high winds also extended inland for five to ten miles and lasted for three to four hours.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Lower Baldwin
- When
- March 17, 10:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lower Baldwin forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
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
- Ice Storm in Iowa, March 17, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 17 to 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, March 17 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, March 17, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, March 17 to 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 17 to 18, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 17 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 17, 1998
- Hail in New Mexico, March 17, 1998
- Rip Current in Florida, March 17, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Alabama in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, March 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: 5639832, 5639833.