Areal Flood Advisories in Alabama
4,626 areal flood advisories since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of areal flood advisories reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Advisories
- 4,626
- Busiest year
- 2021422 areal flood advisories
- Average year
- 243over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County493
- Mobile County490
- Jefferson County456
- Shelby County336
- Montgomery County248
- Escambia County240
- Tuscaloosa County238
- Clarke County217
- St. Clair County207
- Lamar County203
- Talladega County198
- Walker County195
- Washington County195
- Conecuh County192
- Covington County188
- Calhoun County186
- Sumter County183
- Fayette County176
- Marion County176
- Elmore County167
- Blount County164
- Winston County161
- Monroe County161
- Bibb County159
- Choctaw County159
- Lowndes County158
- Marengo County157
- Autauga County156
- Chilton County152
- Greene County152
- Dallas County149
- Lee County144
- Etowah County143
- Perry County142
- Hale County138
- Pickens County136
- Macon County126
- Cleburne County124
- Coosa County123
- Tallapoosa County123
The latest areal flood advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Lee | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Tuscaloosa | 118 min |
| Sep 21, 2:08 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Chilton, Shelby | 67 min |
| Sep 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile, Washington | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Marion, Winston | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Barbour, Russell | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 11:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Bullock, Macon, Russell | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 8:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 6:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BMX | Pike | 119 min |
| Sep 10, 5:22 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Coffee, Dale | 113 min |
| Sep 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke | 3 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.