Flash Flood in Alabama, September 29, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in Alabama, September 29, 1998
Start: 1998-09-29T11:30
End: 1998-09-29T18:00
Location: Alabama

September 29, 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: None recorded
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 Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 140 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Conecuh

When: September 29, 11:30 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Conecuh County, Countywide
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.429, -86.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Rainfall estimates of between five and ten inches from Hurricane Georges fell across the county. Several roads around the county were closed for a few hours due to high water. Schools were closed two to three days because of washouts of secondary roads throughout the county. The area east and south of I-65 was the hardest hit from the flooding. The heavy rains also caused several of the creeks and small streams in the county to come out of their banks. Murder, Burnt Corn and Brushy creeks came out of their banks as did the Sepulga River. Other than road damage, no major damage was reported to any homes from the flooded streams.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5671844.