Alert archive / Alabama / Flash Flood Watches / 2017
Flash Flood Watches in Alabama, May 2017
4 flash flood watches in May 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Flash Flood Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- May 21, 20173 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 2, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile and 2 more | 39 hr |
| May 20, 8:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile | 7 hr |
| May 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 47 hr |
| May 21, 4:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 17 more | 47 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Baldwin County3
- Escambia County3
- Mobile County3
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Monroe County2
- Washington County2
- Butler County1
- Covington County1
- Crenshaw County1
- Wilcox County1
- Autauga County1
- Barbour County1
- Bibb County1
- Bullock County1
- Chambers County1
- Chilton County1
- Clay County1
- Coosa County1
- Dallas County1
- Elmore County1
- Greene County1
- Hale County1
- Lee County1
- Lowndes County1
- Macon County1
- Marengo County1
- Montgomery County1
- Perry County1
- Pike County1
- Randolph County1
- Russell County1
- Sumter County1
- Tallapoosa County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20162018
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.