Flash Flood in Alabama, July 2, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Alabama, July 2, 1999
Start: 1999-07-02T15:15
End: 1999-07-02T16:30
Location: Alabama

July 2, 1999 · NWS BMX · 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.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Etowah

When: July 2, 3:15 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Etowah County, Countywide
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.045, -86.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rainfall of two to three inches fell across parts of Etowah County in less than one hour. The heavy rainfall caused several streets, highways, and yards around Gadsden to flood. The City of Gadsden Street Department put up temporary barricades around the city. Several locations in Attalla also reported similar flooding. Significant cloud to ground lightning strikes caused over 2000 customers to be without power for a large part of the afternoon and early evening.

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

Every storm in Alabama in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, July 1999

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: 5710384.