Alabama, 1999

Heavy Rain in Alabama, June 28, 1999

June 28, 1999 · NWS BMX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy rain, 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.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Jefferson

When
June 28, 5:20 AM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Birmingham
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
33.554, -86.896 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

According to newspaper reports, one motorists was killed when the automobile hydroplaned during a heavy rainfall event. The car was traveling on Interstate 20 in Birmingham when it slid across the median into oncoming traffic. One other motorists received minor injuries in the accident. Several vehicles were stalled in high water at a flood prone intersection in Birmingham. Trees fell down as a result of the saturated ground in Homewood and also in Ensley. Several thousand customers were temporarily without power in the Birmingham area due to the lightning strikes accompanying the storms.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5706520.