Flash Flood in Alabama, June 14, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Alabama, June 14, 1999
Start: 1999-06-14T17:30
End: 1999-06-14T19:30
Location: Alabama

June 14, 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: $500,000
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 Birmingham radar (KBMX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Jefferson

When: June 14, 5:30 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
Where: Jefferson County, Birmingham
Property damage: $500,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.554, -86.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three to six inches of rain fell across portions of Jefferson County in just over one hour. The hardest hit areas were Southside, Leeds, Birmingham, Homewood, Irondale, and Mountain Brook. Numerous roads were flooded and subsequently closed in all locations. A few feet of water flowed into more than 20 homes and over 19 businesses. Several motorists were trapped in their vehicles and had to be rescued from the high water.

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, June 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: 5706374.