Alabama, 2001Flash 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.
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- 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
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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.
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.
- 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.
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 11 to 12, 20011 death · $20 million · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 20017 injured · $10 million · F2 · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 20012 injured · $75 million · F1 · 54 events
- Tornado in Florida, June 11, 20011 death · $35,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 20012 injured · $19 million · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001$5.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 31 events
- Heat in Texas, June 11, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001$2.1 million · F1 · 24 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 11, 2001$1.2 million · F1 · 17 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 11, 20015 injured · $250,000 · 85 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 11 to 12, 2001$1.3 million · 2 events
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11 to 12, 2001$69,000 · F0 · 60 events
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.