Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama
3,428 flash 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 flash flood warnings reaches back to 1986.
Flash Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 3,428
- Busiest year
- 2009284 flash flood warnings
- Average year
- 84over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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.
- Mobile County296
- Baldwin County284
- Madison County260
- Lauderdale County258
- Jefferson County253
- Colbert County224
- Limestone County216
- Lawrence County211
- Morgan County208
- Jackson County166
- Shelby County162
- Washington County149
- Clarke County148
- Cullman County148
- Franklin County142
- Marshall County140
- DeKalb County135
- Choctaw County133
- Escambia County128
- Lamar County121
- Montgomery County106
- Tuscaloosa County104
- St. Clair County103
- Monroe County96
- Conecuh County91
- Covington County91
- Marion County89
- Talladega County82
- Elmore County80
- Winston County80
- Walker County77
- Calhoun County73
- Geneva County73
- Blount County73
- Houston County71
- Lowndes County71
- Autauga County70
- Lee County68
- Wilcox County68
- Fayette County67
27 more counties
- Bibb County66
- Tallapoosa County64
- Pickens County64
- Etowah County63
- Sumter County61
- Dallas County61
- Cherokee County58
- Greene County57
- Chambers County57
- Randolph County56
- Perry County56
- Macon County55
- Clay County54
- Dale County54
- Hale County54
- Russell County54
- Pike County53
- Chilton County53
- Bullock County52
- Coffee County51
- Butler County51
- Crenshaw County49
- Coosa County46
- Marengo County43
- Barbour County43
- Henry County42
- Cleburne County41
The latest flash flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cleburne | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 85 min |
| Aug 26, 1:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Dale, Henry, Houston | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, Morgan | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 10:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Morgan | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Aug 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HUN | DeKalb, Marshall | 117 min |
| Aug 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah | 2 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.