Hurricane Dennis's local effects were widespread across central Alabama. Storm total rain amounts were generally 3 to 6 inches west of Interstate 65 with isolated higher amounts.
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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.
The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.
Hurricane Dennis's local effects were widespread across central Alabama. Storm total rain amounts were generally 3 to 6 inches west of Interstate 65 with isolated higher amounts. Areas east of Interstate 65 received 1 to 3 inches of rain with isolated higher totals, especially near the Alabama/Georgia state line. Many counties experienced flash flooding. Several homes and roadways sustained minor flooding damage. A few road sections and bridges were washed away. No injuries were attributed to the flash flooding.
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 Jul 10, 4:15 AM CST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 515 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THRU TUESDAY) NOT MUCH TIME FOR A DISCUSSION THIS MORNING AS MOST OF THE MORNING SPENT UPDATING GRIDS AND UPGRADING WATCHES TO WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. DESPITE STRENGTHENING OF DENNIS TO CATEGORY FOUR STATUS...EACH FORECAST TAKES A LITTLE FARTHER INTO MISSISSIPPI AND KEEPS STRONGEST WINDS MAINLY ACROSS WEST ALABAMA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST COUNTIES TONIGHT AND UPGRADED MARENGO AND SUMTER COUNTIES TO AN INLAND HURRICANE WARNING. DECIDED TO UPGRADE EASTERN COUNTIES TO WIND ADVISORY AS THESE AREAS WILL SEE SUSTAINED WINDS LESS THAN 40 MPH AND ADVISORY AREA LINES UP WELL WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. ETA MODEL TAKES DENNIS TO FAR WEST AND DISREGARDED AS FAR AS RAIN CHANCES BEYOND TONIGHT. SURFACE WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER 12Z MONDAY AS CENTER OF DENNIS MOVES INTO WESTERN TENNESSEE BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY THRU SATURDAY) REMNANTS OF DENNIS STALL OUT OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ALABAMA WILL REMAIN IN AN UNSTABLE REGIME WITH UPPER TROF AXIS NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... GADSDEN 85 73 85 73 / 90 100 70 60 ANNISTON 84 73 85 73 / 90 100 70 50 BIRMINGHAM 85 73 84 73 / 90 100 70 60 TUSCALOOSA 85 74 82 74 / 90 100 90 60 CALERA 84 73 84 73 / 90 100 70 50 AUBURN 83 74 86 74 / 100 100 60 50 MONTGOMERY 84 74 86 74 / 100 100 70 50 TROY 82 75 86 75 / 100 100 60 50 && .BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... INLAND HURRICANE WATCH SUMTER AND MARENGO COUNTIES FROM NOON TODAY THRU NOON MONDAY. INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH CENTRAL COUNTIES FROM NOON TODAY THRU NOON MONDAY. .WIND ADVISORY EASTERN COUNTIES NOON TODAY THRU NOON MONDAY. .FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALL COUNTIES THIS AFETRNOON THRU MONDAY MORNING. && 58/ROSE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 152 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ALZ011>015-017>050-111130- AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE- CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE- JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY- PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA- TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON- 152 PM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM. .DAY ONE...(THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT). HURRICANE DENNIS WILL BRING HIGH WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND A CHANCE OF TORNADOES INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH TONIGHT. PLEASE CONSULT THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. WET MICROBURST POTENTIAL: BIRMINGHAM...LOW. MONTGOMERY...LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY). HURRICANE DENNIS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI ON MONDAY. AS DENNIS WEAKENS INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...HIGH WINDS... VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY AS RECENT RAINS IN ADDITION TO FORECAST RAINFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL PUT SEVERAL RIVERS NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. 61
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 945 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ALZ047-101530- LEE- 945 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2005 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IN EFFECT FOR LEE COUNTY UNTIL 1030 AM CDT... ...WINDS 35 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM AN APPROACHING BAND OF SHOWERS... AT 945 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY SHOWER CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH NEAR SALEM...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND NEAR SALEM...OPELIKA... AUBURN AND LOACHAPOKA THROUGH 1030 AM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS HEAVY SHOWER IS STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE WINDS CAN BREAK OFF SMALL TREE LIMBS...AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS. MBS/91
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
20 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several roadways across Russell County were covered with up to 5 feet of water and were temporarily closed. Flooding was reported in Rutherford, Hatchechubbee, Seale and Phenix City.
A few roads were flooded and were temporarily impassable in and around Millbrook.
US Highway 80 in downtown Tuskegee was flooded and was temporarily impassable.
Sections of Interstate 20 near Anniston were flooded and temporarily impassable.
Several roadways across Hale County were flooded and were temporarily impassable. Most of the flooded roads were located near Greensboro.
Old Letohatchee Road near Hayneville was flooded and temporarily impassable.
County Road 82 was flooded near Foster Crossroads. The road was temporarily impassable.
A few roads were flooded and were temporarily impassable near Alexander City.
US Highway 82 was flooded near Maplesville. The roadway was temporarily impassable.
Several roadways across Greene County were flooded and temporarily impassable.
US Highway 78 in Adamsville was flooded and temporarily closed.
County Road 87, County Road 12, US Highway 31, and State Highway 199 were flooded and were temporarily impassable.
Several roadways near Lafayette were flooded and temporarily impassable.
County Road 42 and County Road 43 were flooded and temporarily closed.
Broadway Avenue and County Road 26 were flooded and were temporarily impassable.
County Road 51 was flooded and closed near the Cahaba River. A few other roads around the county were flooded and temporarily impassable.
County Road 19 was flooded and temporarily closed. A few others roadways across the county were flooded and were temporarily impassable.
State Highway 5 southwest of Selma was closed due to flooding and a mud slide.
Carlton Road and Hunter Creek Road in Northport were flooded and temporarily closed. Several additional county roads were flooded and were temporarily impassable.
A few roadways across the county were flooded and were temporarily impassable.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5466693, 5466617, 5466689, 5466612, 5466619, 5466621, 5466692, 5466695, 5466614, 5466618, 5466620, 5466694, 5466613, 5466615, 5466691, 5466611, 5466690, 5466616, 5466696, 5466697.