Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Alabama, June 28, 1999
Start: 1999-06-28T07:35
End: 1999-06-28T12:30
Location: Alabama

June 28, 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: $1.5 million
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 Maxwell AFB radar (KMXX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:36 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Lee

When: June 28, 7:35 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
Where: Lee County, Countywide
Property damage: $1.5 million
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.601, -85.356 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Four to six inches of rainfall in a short period of time caused extensive flooding throughout Lee County. The hardest hit areas were Auburn and Opelika. Numerous roads and highways were closed in and around Auburn and Opelika. Numerous motorists drove into the water covered roads and were stranded. A few bridges were washed away and destroyed. Several hundred homes received some sort of flood damage. Many businesses also received damage due to the high water. One small dam also broke in North Auburn.

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: 5706525.