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Flash FloodClay, Alabama

July 3, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$15K
Area
Clay

Event narrative (NOAA)

A flash flood, about 3 inches in an hour, washed out sections of Fuller Road in Mellow Valley. A 51 year-old man drove into the washed out area and was severely injured. He died the next day in the hospital from his injuries.

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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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