Alabama, 2001

Flash Flood in Alabama, June 11, 2001

June 11, 2001 · NWS MOB · 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
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 6:50 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:50 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
750 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001

SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF ALLISON WAS MOVING OFF
SLOWLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST...APPROACHING EVERGREEN WHERE THE
LOWEST PRESSURE WAS OCCURRING 1004.9 MB. THE RAIN IS CONFINED CLOSE
TO CENTER AND WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN ZONES DURING THE COURSE
OF THE EVENING.  HAVE TO BE CAREFUL FOR REDEVELOPING RAINS NEAR THE
PATH OF THE SYSTEMS CENTER THROUGH THE NIGHT SO WILL LEAVE FLASH
FLOOD WATCHES UP ALONG THE TRACK.  DRIER AIR FILTERING INTO THE
SYSTEMS WEST SIDE HAS CAUSED A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN ACTIVITY AND
WILL TRIM POPS OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND COASTAL SECTIONS...
REMOVING FLASH FLOOD WATCHES THESE AREAS.  WILL ALSO DROP WIND
ADVISORIES OVER ALL AREAS AS OBS SHOW PREVAILING WINDS 10 TO 15
KNOTS.  WILL KEEP GUSTY WORDING IN ZONES ALONG THE COAST PER OBS AND
NEAR THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER JUST TO THE NORTH. /10

.MOB...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ALZ053>060.
FL...NONE.
MS...NONE.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Crenshaw

When
June 11, 9:20 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Crenshaw County, Luverne
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
31.732, -86.314 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several roads in the south part of the town of Luverne became impassable due to standing water resulting from heavy rain. The roads were closed for a couple of hours until the waters receded. The very heavy rainfall occurred as the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison moved east across the area.

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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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: 5251602.