Flash Flood in Madison County, Alabama

Heavy rainfall of four to seven inches, most of which occurred in just less than two hours, flooded the Huntsville area. According to newspaper reports, one woman was killed when her car stalled on a flooded bridge on Vermont Road. As she exited the car, she was swept away in the water. A television cameraman was injured when he was swept away by high water while filming. He was rescued by the Huntsville Fire Department. Several other motorists were stranded in high water and were rescued by the fire department. Numerous roads in the area were flooded and subsequently closed. Many local streams and creeks were out of their banks, sending several feet of water into approximately 300 homes and businesses. Several residents were rescued from their homes. Several thousand area customers were without power through the early morning hours due to lightning strikes. A mudslide occurred in Monte Sano State Park covering part of the park road.

Widespread flash flooding was reported over portions of western and northwestern Madison County. Flood waters were most prevalent in Harvest, Toney, Madison, and central and northern portions of Huntsville. Flood reports began at 11:45 PM on the 9th, lasting into morning rush hour. Roads that experienced significant flash flooding included: Old Railroad Bed road, Ford Chapel Road, Production Road at Huntsville International Airport, Wall Triana Highway, County Line Road, Pulaski Pike, Moores Mill Road near Winchester Road, the intersection of Kelly Springs Road and Bob Wade Lane, and Martin Luther King Jr. Highway. Several vehicles stalled out in flood water around 1:00 AM at the intersection of Nick Fitchard Road and Highway 53. Flood waters forced the evacuation of a trailer park at the intersection of Trademark Drive and James Record Road in Huntsville around 4:25 AM on the 10th. Several cars were underwater at this location. Between 3 and 6 inches of rain fell in these areas in less than 12 hours.

Numerous roads and intersections were barricaded or closed due to flash flooding throughout central and northern Madison County.||In the Madison and Harvest areas, Balch and Gillispie Roads, Nance and Capshaw Roads, Gooch Lane at Hughes Road which flooded up to adjacent porches of residences, Highway 72 between Uptown and Hughes Roads, Wall Triana and Nance Roads.|In the Huntsville area: the Memorial Parkway access road north of University Drive, Orvil Smith Road where a motorist was stranded. Several homes were flooded in the Bristol Creek neighborhood in Owens Crossroads.||In the Gurley area: Gurley Pike and Capers Road, Highway 72 near the Madison and Jackson County Line and at Brock Road, Maysville Road between Cooper Creek and Bell Factory Roads, Little Cove at McMullen Lane, and County Road 103.