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Alabama Flash Flood – 18 April 2013

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Early on Saturday, May 18, 2013, a complex of “training thunderstorms” dumped torrential rainfall in parts of central and eastern Alabama, triggering significant flash flooding.

Weather.com

  1. Photos, Reports

  2. RT @k9_725: Al 21 just north of Munford. pic.twitter.com/Vusz1ICqUu #alwx
    Wes Wyatt@weswyattweather
  3. NWS Birmingham@NWSBirmingham
    Life-threatening flooding ongoing at Lake Chinnabee (base of Mt Cheaha). People in that area should move to higher ground immediately!
  4. Coldwater Creek in the parking lot at park area 78/202 Calhoun, County @spann #alwx pic.twitter.com/fGgU6FrR9M
    Chad Gregory@chadgregory1
  5. HWY 174 closed @ Mineral Springs Rd. spann #alwx @ Casa Kearley instagram.com/p/Zc-j6ZpgIY/
    agkearley@AgKearley
  6. The Weather Channel Facebook friend Ron Parson sent us the photo below from Lake Wedowee, Ala.  “This dock was two feet above the water yesterday (Friday).”
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  8. Oxford FD performing citizen water evacuation via flat bottom boat. 78/202 Calhoun, Co. @spann #alwx
  9. @weatherchannel Pell City, AL (Eden) Roberts Mill Pond Road just north of the railroad tracks looking south. #ALWX pic.twitter.com/GZIWXj4jLo
    Hayden Scogin@_ScoHay_
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    The Weather Channel@weatherchannel
  10. Flash #flood emergency for Oxford, Anniston, Talladega, AL. Numerous roads flooded, at least 1 rescue. Alert: wxch.nl/19K7Lfs
    an hour ago

  11. How Much Rain Fell

  12. wxjerdman

    Jonathan Erdman@wxjerdman
    Earlier, peak rain rate of 5.03″/hour **measured** in Opelika, AL! Roads flooded in Talladega. Martin Dam gate ops may be needed. 

  13. The radar-estimated rainfall map below from NWS-Birmingham shows the swath of heaviest rain from the north side of the Birmingham metro into eastern Alabama.  An estimated 4-8 inches of rain fell in this swath.
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  15. The infrared satellite photo below shows the cluster of cold cloud tops from the thunderstorm cluster responsible for the Alabama flash flooding.  These clusters of thunderstorms, called “mesoscale convective systems”, are notorious for producing heavy rainfall not only in the Southeast, but also in the Plains and Midwest in late spring and summer.  (Image:  NOAA)

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