43
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$3.1M
Property damage
Flash Flood in Escambia County, Alabama: 43 recorded events between 1998 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #752 nationally and #20 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Flash Flood in Escambia County, Alabama: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for flash flood in Escambia County is the 2000s, when 18 of the county's 43 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Escambia County archive, flash flood makes up 12.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #752 for this hazard and #20 within Alabama, putting it in the 75.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for flash flood in Escambia County with 7 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2025 | ATMORE | 0 | $0 |
| Apr 7, 2025 | FLOMATON | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 6, 2021 | ROBERTS | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 6, 2021 | BOYKIN | 0 | $100K |
| Oct 6, 2021 | KEEGO | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 5, 2021 | BREWTON | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 5, 2021 | BREWTON | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 5, 2021 | BREWTON | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | APPLETON | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 19, 2021 | ATMORE | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Escambia County
- Thunderstorm Wind 192
- Hail 69
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Heavy rainfall caused several streets in the Atmore area to flood. The streets had to be closed for a couple of hours because of motorists driving through them and creating wakes. The wakes caused water to enter some homes in low lying areas. Radar and surface reports estimated that around five inches of rain fell in a three hour period across the area.
One to three inches of rainfall in a short period of time caused several roads around the Brewton and Atmore areas to become impassable. US Hwy 41 north of Brewton was impassable for more than an hour because of high water over the road. US Highway 31 between Atmore and Flomaton also had to be closed for a short time due to high water. No one was injured.
Several slow moving thunderstorms tracked across the central portions of the county for a couple of hours. Two to four inches of rainfall were reported across the area. Several roads around the Brewton area had standing water in them. Some of the roads were impassable for about an hour. The water drained after the thunderstorms moved east of the area.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many flash flood events are on record in Escambia County, Alabama?
43 flash flood events are recorded in Escambia County between 1998 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest flash flood recorded in Escambia County?
The strongest flash flood on record in Escambia County measured 0.
Where does the flash flood data for Escambia County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Flash Flood in Escambia County, Alabama.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/alabama/escambia-county/flash-flood/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.