Alabama, 2004Flash Flood in Alabama, September 16, 2004
September 16, 2004 · 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 16, 2:32 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 2:32 AM CST, 2 hours 28 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
332 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2004
.SHORT TERM...RADAR INDICATES THE CENTER OF CAT 3 HURRICANE IVAN
MOVED INLAND BETWEEN FORT MORGAN AND GULF SHORES AROUND 2 AM THIS
MORNING. APPEARS BALDWIN COUNTY AND THE EXTREME WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE HAVE CAUGHT THE BRUNT OF IVAN...WITH PRELIMINARY REPORTS
INDICATING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS MUCH OF BALDWIN ALABAMA AND
ESCAMBIA FLORIDA COUNTIES. ESCAMBIA FLORIDA COUNTY EMA HAVE REPORTED
DAMAGE SO FAR IS WORSE THAN OPAL. ESCAMBIA COUNTY ALABAMA EMA HAS
REPORTED MAJOR DAMAGE EVERYWHERE. THE CENTER OF IVAN WILL CONTINUE
TO PUSH NORTHWARD UP BALDWIN COUNTY AND THEN LIKELY UP ACROSS MONROE
AND WILCOX COUNTIES AS IT PUSHES INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA BY MID
AFTERNOON. STRONGEST WINDS AND HEAVIEST RAINS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
JUST AHEAD AND EAST OF THIS PATH. A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS POSTED
FOR THE ALABAMA AND NW FLORIDA COASTAL COUNTIES THIS MORNING. WILL
CONTINUE WITH THE INLAND HURRICANE WARNING FOR THE SW ALABAMA
COUNTIES TODAY...BUT LOWER THE SE MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES TO AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING. THE FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN POSTED AS HEAVY
RAINBANDS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
SEE HOURLY SHORT TERM FORECAST FOR CONTINUED UPDATES ON THREATS
ASSOCIATED WITH IVAN AS IT PUSHES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT
DECREASING WINDS AND RAIN CHANCES TONIGHT THRU EARLY FRIDAY WITH A
DRYING TREND ON TAP BY THE WEEKEND AS DRIER AIR FILTERS SOUTHWARD IN
THE WAKE OF IVAN.
&&
.MARINE...HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER MOBILE BAY AND
THE NEAR SHORE WATERS THIS MORNING...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
FURTHER OFFSHORE. WILL HOLD ONTO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON THRU THIS EVENING...THEN SUBSIDING TO SCA CONDITIONS
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ON
FRIDAY WITH SCA CONDITIONS PROBABLY DROPPED BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE
LIGHT TO MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL PREVAIL FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE PERIOD.
&&
.PRELIMINARY TEMPS / POPS...
MOBILE 83 73 90 70 / 99 60 10 10
PENSACOLA 82 74 88 71 / 99 60 20 10
DESTIN 81 75 86 74 / 99 60 20 10
EVERGREEN 82 71 88 67 / 99 60 30 10
WAYNESBORO 83 71 92 65 / 99 60 10 10
CAMDEN 82 71 86 66 / 99 80 30 10
&&
.MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...HURRICANE WARNING MOBILE AND BALDWIN AND COASTAL WATERS.
INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING ALZ051>060.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT ALZ051>064.
FL...HURRICANE WARNING FLZ001>006.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FLZ001>006.
MS...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING MSZ067-075-076-078-079.
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT MSZ067-075-076-078-079.
&&
39/12Flash Flood, Escambia
- When
- September 16, 5:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Escambia County, West Portion
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.126, -87.162 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
As Hurricane Ivan was moving inland, a band of very heavy rainfall developed near and east of the center . Radar estimated that four to six inches of rain fell in a one hour period across the area. This caused most of the roads in the west part of the county to flood. This was in addition to the high winds that were blowing trees down. As the storm moved north, the water drained off the roads.
- 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.
- Debris Flow and Flooding in North Carolina, September 16 to 17, 20044 deaths · 10 injured · $6.3 million · 65 kt wind · 5 events
- Debris Flow and Flood in North Carolina, September 16 to 17, 20043 deaths · $15 million · 2 events
- Debris Flow and Flood in North Carolina, September 16 to 17, 20042 deaths · $50 million · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 16 to 17, 20041 death · 6 injured · $39 million · F1 · 41 events
- Tornado in Georgia, September 16, 20041 death · 1 injured · $75,000 · F2 · 1 event
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 16, 20041 death · $2.0 million · 16 events
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 16 to 17, 20041 death · 1 injured · $1.6 million · 55 kt wind · 13 events
- High Wind in Georgia, September 16, 20042 injured · $14 million · 65 kt wind · 45 events
- Tornado in Georgia, September 16, 2004$1.1 million · F2 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Alabama, September 16 to 17, 20043 injured · $2.5 million · 50 kt wind · 23 events
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Alabama, September 16, 2004$11 million · 60 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Alabama, September 16, 2004$10 million · 80 kt wind · 2 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: 5422229.