Coastal Flood in Alabama, May 5 to 7, 1999

Name: Coastal Flood in Alabama, May 5 to 7, 1999
Start: 1999-05-05T12:00
End: 1999-05-07T01:00
Location: Alabama

May 5 to 7, 1999 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 coastal flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
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 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Mobile

When: May 5, 12:00 PM CST to May 7, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Mobile County, Dauphin Is
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 30.685, -88.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong onshore winds caused higher than normal tides along Dauphin Island. The higher than normal tides caused water to cover the road along the west end of the island. Roads along the west end of the island had to be closed for about two days due to the high water. Water finally receded after the strong onshore winds died down.

What these are

Coastal Flood: Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

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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, May 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5699130.