Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches
Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, 2016
18 flash flood watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- March10 flash flood watches
- Busiest day
- February 3, 20163 flash flood watches
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 21, 2:39 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:57 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 21 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:10 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Elmore, Lee, Lowndes and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:38 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia | 10 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:05 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 29 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 70 hr |
| Mar 11, 9:39 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Greene, Lamar, Marengo, Pickens, Sumter | 29 hr |
| Mar 17, 6:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, Washington | 33 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Geneva, Houston | 8 hr |
| Mar 26, 7:46 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 12 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 59 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 30, 2:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 33 more | 55 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 39 hr |
| Apr 13, 5:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 10 hr |
| Aug 9, 10:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 days |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County8
- Mobile County7
- Geneva County4
- Houston County4
- Coffee County3
- Dale County3
- Henry County3
- Chambers County3
- Elmore County3
- Lee County3
- Lowndes County3
- Macon County3
- Montgomery County3
- Randolph County3
- Tallapoosa County3
- Greene County3
- Lamar County3
- Marengo County3
- Pickens County3
- Sumter County3
- Choctaw County3
- Clarke County3
- Washington County3
- Colbert County2
- Cullman County2
- DeKalb County2
- Franklin County2
- Jackson County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Limestone County2
- Madison County2
- Marshall County2
- Morgan County2
- Barbour County2
- Bullock County2
- Pike County2
- Russell County2
- Butler County2
- Conecuh County2
27 more counties
- Covington County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Escambia County2
- Autauga County2
- Bibb County2
- Blount County2
- Calhoun County2
- Cherokee County2
- Chilton County2
- Clay County2
- Cleburne County2
- Coosa County2
- Dallas County2
- Etowah County2
- Fayette County2
- Hale County2
- Jefferson County2
- Marion County2
- Perry County2
- St. Clair County2
- Shelby County2
- Talladega County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Walker County2
- Winston County2
- Monroe County1
- Wilcox County1
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. Rebuilt daily.