Alabama, 2001Flash Flood in Alabama, May 19 to 20, 2001
May 19 to 20, 2001 · NWS BMX · 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
- $25,000
- 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 Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 19, 9:02 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 9:02 PM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
1002 PM CDT SAT MAY 19 2001
ZONE WERE UPDATED MAINLY FOR PRECIP TRENDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF
TONIGHT...DROPPED THE POPS IN THE NORTH AND WEST AND RAISED THEM
SOUTHEAST. ALSO RAISED THE MINS MOST PLACES TONIGHT AS CLOUDINESS HAS
BEEN PERSISTANT AND DEW POINTS ARE HIGH.
.BHM...NONE.
Flash Flood, Barbour
- When
- May 19, 11:30 PM CST to May 20, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Barbour County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -85.393 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Radar estimated 6 to 8 inches of rain fell in a short period of time that caused flooding mainly in eastern Barbour county near Eufaula. Most streets in the city of Eufaula were temporarily impassable and many vehicles were stranded or stalled in the high water. US 431 had up to a foot of water covering the roadway in the city of Eufaula. Just south of Eufaula, a large hole developed on US 82 that was created by flood waters. Several separate locations on US 82 had large cracks develop across the road.
- 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.
- Lightning Strikes in Georgia, May 19, 20018 injured · $575,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, May 19 to 20, 2001$80,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Oklahoma, May 19, 2001$71,000 · F0 · 17 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, May 19, 2001$50,000 · 2.75 in hail · 11 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 19 to 22, 2001$29,000 · 1.75 in hail · 15 events
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 19, 2001$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Montana, May 19, 20014 injured · $7,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Texas, May 19, 2001$40,000 · 2 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 19, 2001$15,000 · F0 · 9 events
- High Wind in Washington, May 19, 2001$20,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 19 to 20, 20011.5 in hail · 9 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Carolina, May 19, 2001F0 · 5 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: 5245929.