Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Warnings
Flash Flood Warnings in Alabama, 1997
60 flash flood warnings in 1997. 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 in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Warnings
- 60
- Busiest month
- July27 flash flood warnings
- Busiest day
- July 21, 19978 flash flood warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 1:08 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marshall | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 8:19 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bibb | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay, Cleburne, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 9:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Cherokee, Etowah | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Colbert, Franklin, Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 7:29 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lauderdale, Limestone | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 3 hr |
| Apr 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Etowah | 2 hr |
| May 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 4 hr |
| May 2, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman, Marion, Walker, Winston | 3 hr |
| May 2, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar | 3 hr |
| May 3, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker | 4 hr |
| May 3, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman, Winston | 4 hr |
| May 3, 1:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount | 4 hr |
| May 3, 2:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 6 hr |
| May 28, 9:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Butler | 6 hr |
| May 29, 12:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 4 hr |
| May 29, 6:44 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe | 4 hr |
| May 30, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Lamar, Marion | 112 min |
| May 31, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | DeKalb | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Dallas | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Walker | 2 hr |
| Jun 22, 4:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Blount, St. Clair, Talladega | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cullman | 4 hr |
| Jun 22, 5:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Clay | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 6:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marion, Winston | 117 min |
| Jun 22, 7:27 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Talladega | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 10:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 2:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 4 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 10 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 9 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 9:34 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Marengo, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 7 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 13 hr |
| Jul 21, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 12 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 7:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Hale, Tuscaloosa | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Pickens | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 6:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Greene, Marengo | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 5:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Bullock | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 8:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cleburne, Randolph | 2 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:04 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Calhoun, Etowah, St. Clair | 4 hr |
| Oct 26, 4:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mobile County11
- Choctaw County8
- Baldwin County7
- Marion County4
- Lamar County4
- Greene County4
- Marshall County3
- Cleburne County3
- Randolph County3
- Etowah County3
- DeKalb County3
- Cullman County3
- Walker County3
- Winston County3
- Fayette County3
- Clarke County3
- Hale County3
- Tuscaloosa County3
- Clay County2
- Calhoun County2
- Cherokee County2
- Jackson County2
- Blount County2
- Washington County2
- St. Clair County2
- Talladega County2
- Shelby County2
- Pickens County2
- Marengo County2
- Bibb County1
- Colbert County1
- Franklin County1
- Lawrence County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Limestone County1
- Lee County1
- Russell County1
- Butler County1
- Monroe County1
- Dallas County1
2 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.