Flooding in Alabama, June 12 to 17, 2005

Name: Flooding in Alabama, June 12 to 17, 2005
Start: 2005-06-12T06:45
End: 2005-06-17T00:00
Location: Alabama

June 12 to 17, 2005 · NWS BMX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

Tropical Storm Arlene dumped heavy rain across Central Alabama generally from June 10th through June 12th. The runoff affected the river stages through June 17th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 happened

The episode as NWS BMX wrote it up.

Tropical Storm Arlene dumped heavy rain across Central Alabama generally from June 10th through June 12th. The runoff affected the river stages through June 17th. The heaviest rainfall of 2 to 5 inches, with isolated amounts up to 8 inches, occurred over the western half of Central Alabama. The heavy rain amounts primarily affected the Tombigbee, Lower Black Warrior and Sucarnoochee River Basins where mainly minor flooding occurred. The higher stages primarily resulted in the overflow of farm and pastureland. Additional minor overflow occurred along the Lower Cahaba, Lower Alabama and Lower Tallapoosa Rivers where only caution stages were reached. In Greene County, several roads were temporarily flooded due to river overflow. One road was totally washed away. In Pickens County, a few area creeks were backed up and subsequently flooded. This flooding caused a few roads to become temporarily impassable.

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 Jun 12, 3:42 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:42 AM CST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
442 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2005

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ARLENE WILL BE OUT OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA DURING THE MORNING HOURS.  IT IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT
NEAR 17 MILES AN HOUR.  AT 09Z MSAS HAS THE LOW CENTER ANALYZED
AROUND LAMAR/FAYETTE COUNTY.  RADAR IS ESTIMATING RAINFALL TOTALS
OF THREE TO FOUR INCHES WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 AND ONE TO TWO INCHES
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65.  MORE ACCURATE TOTALS WILL FOLLOW IN A DAY OR
SO.  AT 09Z STILL EXPERIENCING SOME GUSTY WINDS OF 23 TO 29 KTS.
THE GRADIENT WILL RELAX THIS AFTERNOON.

AS THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE MOVES OUT CLEARER SKIES WILL OCCUR
THIS AFTERNOON.  HAVE POPS BECOMING SLIGHT CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM
THE EAST.  THE MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO TREND THE NEXT FRONT
LATER...NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY.  SO...HAVE
DECREASED POPS AND CLOUDS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND INCREASED
HIGH TEMPERATURES A DEGREE EACH DAY.  WENT WITH PARTLY CLOUDY
AND SLIGHT CHANCE MONDAY AND A CHANCE ON TUESDAY.  STILL GOOD
SOUTHERLY FLOW AND A VERY SOUPY TROPICAL AIRMASS...SO SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ESPECIALLY WITH DAYTIME
HEATING.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
THE TAIL END OF THE FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  HAVE
SOME LEFT OVER POPS FOR THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY.  ONCE THE FRONT
MOVES OUT OF THE AREA DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
AS THE REMNANTS OF ARLENE LEAVES THE FORECAST AREA THE THREAT OF
FLASH FLOODING HAS DISAPPEARED.  EXPIRED THE FFA AT THE TIME OF
ZONE ISSUANCE.  THERE ARE STILL QUITE A BIT OF RIVER FLOODING
THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER
STATEMENTS.

THANKS TO COORDINATION FROM HUN.
&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
GADSDEN     79  66  86  69 /  50  20  20  20
ANNISTON    80  68  86  70 /  50  20  20  20
BIRMINGHAM  81  70  87  72 /  60  20  20  20
TUSCALOOSA  81  69  89  73 /  60  20  20  20
CALERA      81  70  88  72 /  60  20  20  20
AUBURN      84  69  87  71 /  30  20  20  20
MONTGOMERY  85  70  90  73 /  30  20  20  20
TROY        85  70  90  73 /  30  20  20  20

&&

.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.

&&

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The radar

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Event by event

5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Sumter

When: June 12, 6:45 AM CST to June 17, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Sumter forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.591, -88.199 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Greene

When: June 12, 6:45 AM CST to June 17, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 31.383, -85.983

Flood, Hale

When: June 12, 6:45 AM CST to June 17, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Hale forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 32.763, -87.629 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flood, Marengo

When: June 12, 6:45 AM CST to June 17, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Marengo forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 31.250, -86.467

Flood, Pickens

When: June 12, 6:45 AM CST to June 17, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Pickens forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 33.281, -88.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Flood: Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alabama in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Alabama, June 2005

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: 5459873, 5459874, 5459875, 5459876, 5459877.