Heavy Rain in Alabama, November 9, 2000

Name: Heavy Rain in Alabama, November 9, 2000
Start: 2000-11-09T10:30
End: 2000-11-09T10:30
Location: Alabama

November 9, 2000 · 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: $5,000
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 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Etowah

When: November 9, 10:30 AM CST
Where: Etowah County, Attalla
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.045, -86.035 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A large landslide, consisting of mud and rock, slid off Sand Mountain and blocked almost all four lanes of US 431 just north of Attalla. Newspaper reports indicated the Sand Mountain Experimental Station received up to 6 inches of rainfall in the previous five days, 3 to 4 inches during the past 24 hours. No injuries were reported.

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, November 2000

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: 5162313.