Areal Flood Warnings in Alabama
939 areal flood warnings 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 warnings reaches back to 2005.
Areal Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Areal Flood Warnings
- 939
- Busiest year
- 202098 areal flood warnings
- Average year
- 49over 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.
- Madison County242
- Lawrence County136
- Lauderdale County126
- Colbert County122
- Morgan County122
- Limestone County119
- DeKalb County110
- Jackson County106
- Cullman County100
- Marshall County97
- Franklin County85
- Baldwin County59
- Mobile County58
- Cherokee County56
- Washington County44
- Clarke County38
- Jefferson County33
- Choctaw County32
- Escambia County32
- Conecuh County31
- Shelby County31
- Monroe County30
- Covington County28
- Talladega County25
- Etowah County24
- Houston County23
- Tuscaloosa County23
- Bibb County22
- Blount County22
- St. Clair County22
- Geneva County21
- Walker County21
- Wilcox County20
- Lamar County20
- Calhoun County19
- Chilton County18
- Dale County17
- Henry County17
- Coosa County17
- Clay County16
27 more counties
- Coffee County15
- Butler County15
- Fayette County15
- Hale County15
- Pickens County15
- Tallapoosa County14
- Winston County14
- Crenshaw County13
- Autauga County13
- Lowndes County13
- Perry County13
- Cleburne County12
- Elmore County11
- Greene County11
- Marion County11
- Montgomery County11
- Randolph County11
- Dallas County10
- Marengo County10
- Sumter County10
- Lee County9
- Macon County9
- Bullock County7
- Pike County6
- Russell County6
- Barbour County5
- Chambers County5
The latest areal flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Lawrence, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 4 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 9:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Marshall, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 3 hr |
| Jun 23, 12:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MOB | Conecuh, Covington, Escambia | 12 hr |
| Jun 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Walker | 3 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BMX | Jefferson, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Madison | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Madison | 7 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. Rebuilt daily.