Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 1, 2000

Name: Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 1, 2000
Start: 2000-09-01T07:00
End: 2000-09-01T10:30
Location: Alabama

September 1, 2000 · NWS BMX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

South central Alabama received four to eight inches of rain in a short period of time. The heavy rainfall caused significant flooding in Autauga, Elmore, and Montgomery Counties.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $240,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.

South central Alabama received four to eight inches of rain in a short period of time. The heavy rainfall caused significant flooding in Autauga, Elmore, and Montgomery Counties. One of the hardest hit areas was Prattville. Emergency Management officials estimated at least 100 homes were damaged and a dozen received major damage. Many residents of the Candlestick Mobile Home Park were rescued by boat and 70 additional residents were evacuated. Approximately 20 businesses also sustained damage. Numerous roads in all three counties were flooded and subsequently closed. Several schools were closed for the day. Frequent lightning also accompanied the heavy rain. The lightning caused power outages that affected several thousand customers. A few small fires were also reported but no one was injured.

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:01 UTC.

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Event by event

3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Autauga

When: September 1, 7:00 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
Where: Autauga County, Countywide
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.535, -86.643 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Montgomery

When: September 1, 7:30 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Montgomery County, Countywide
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 32.220, -86.208 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Elmore

When: September 1, 7:30 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Elmore County, Countywide
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.597, -86.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, September 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: 5171130, 5171131, 5171132.