Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches / 2009
Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, May 2009
13 flash flood watches in May 2009. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Flash Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 13
- Busiest day
- May 3, 20092 flash flood watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 4:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 8 hr |
| May 2, 12:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 10 hr |
| May 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, Walker and 1 more | 9 hr |
| May 3, 5:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Marion and 6 more | 16 hr |
| May 4, 5:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe and 2 more | 7 hr |
| May 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 27 hr |
| May 6, 4:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 13 hr |
| May 6, 3:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 10:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 15 more | 13 hr |
| May 9, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 12 more | 22 hr |
| May 16, 9:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers and 25 more | 33 hr |
| May 16, 10:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 10 hr |
| May 23, 3:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Washington | 15 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fayette County5
- Lamar County5
- Marion County5
- Pickens County5
- Tuscaloosa County5
- Walker County5
- Winston County5
- Colbert County4
- Cullman County4
- DeKalb County4
- Franklin County4
- Jackson County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Lawrence County4
- Limestone County4
- Madison County4
- Marshall County4
- Morgan County4
- Bibb County4
- Greene County3
- Hale County3
- Perry County3
- Sumter County3
- Washington County3
- Barbour County3
- Blount County3
- Bullock County3
- Calhoun County3
- Chambers County3
- Cherokee County3
- Chilton County3
- Clay County3
- Cleburne County3
- Coosa County3
- Elmore County3
- Etowah County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lee County3
- Macon County3
- Montgomery County3
20 more counties
- Pike County3
- Randolph County3
- Russell County3
- St. Clair County3
- Shelby County3
- Talladega County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Butler County2
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Monroe County2
- Wilcox County2
- Autauga County2
- Dallas County2
- Lowndes County2
- Marengo County2
- Escambia County1
- Covington County1
- Crenshaw County1
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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.