Alabama, 2001

Flash Flood in Alabama, March 3, 2001

March 3, 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
$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.

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 Mar 3, 4:10 AM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 4:10 AM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
410 AM CST SAT MAR 3 2001

4 AM ZONES GOING TO BE A BIT LATE...COORDINATING POSSIBLE NEW SEVERE
TSTM WATCH WITH SPC.  STAY TUNED...

.MOB...
AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY ALZ039-051>064 THRU 04/06Z.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BAY AND COASTAL WATERS GMZ630-650-670.
FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY COASTAL WATERS GMZ655-675.
MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH MSZ067-075-076-078-079 jTHRU 04/06Z.

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Baldwin

When
March 3, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where
Baldwin County, Countywide
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.661, -87.750 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy rains caused many secondary roads throughout the county to wash out. The rains ended during the afternoon in the south part of the county and most of those roads were passable during the late afternoon. Rains continued into the evening across the north parts of the county and roads remained closed until after sunset. Radar estimated three to five inches of rain fell 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.

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

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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: 5235814.