Alabama, 2002Flash Flood in Alabama, September 25 to 26, 2002
September 25 to 26, 2002 · 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
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 Sep 25, 9:20 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 9:20 PM CST, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
309 PM CDT WED SEP 25 2002
JUST A MINOR TWEAK ON TIMING...STILL XPCTG 2-4 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OVERNIGHT OVER MUCH OF THE AREA WITH A GENERAL ADDITIONAL
1-2 INCHES ON THURSDAY. HIGH WIND ADVISORY STILL IN EFFECT FOR SAME
PLACES. WINDS OF 25-35 MPH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA REST OF TONIGHT...COOLER THIS WEEKEND AFTER A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS THE AREA.
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.MOB...
AL...TORNADO WATCH ALZ061>064...GMZ630-650-670.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALZ061>064...GMZ630-650-670.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY ALZ051>064.
HIGH WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT ALZ052.
HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY ALZ051>056-059.
FL...TORNADO WATCH FLZ001>006
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FLZ001>006...GMZ655-675.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY FLZ001>006.
MS...TORNADO WATCH MSZ078-079
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY MSZ067-075-076-078-079
HIGH WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT MSZ075-076-078-079.
HIGH WIND WATCH THURSDAY MSZ067-075-076-078-079.Flash Flood, Mobile
- When
- September 25, 9:40 PM CST to September 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mobile County, South Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.685, -88.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rains from Tropical Storm Isidore again caused flooding across the south part of the county. Many streets were closed for hours due to high water.
- 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.
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, September 25 to 27, 20021 death · $25 million · 9 events
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 25 to 27, 2002$109 million · F1 · 24 events
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 25 to 27, 20021 injured · $11 million · 9 events
- Storm Surge in Florida, September 25 to 26, 2002$9.9 million · 7 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 25, 20021 injured · $1.2 million · F1 · 5 events
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 25 to 26, 2002$3.8 million · 4 events
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 2002$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, September 25, 2002$25,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 2002$20,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Tornado in Alabama, September 25, 2002$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 25, 20021 event
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, September 25, 20021 event
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: 5319819.