Flood Watches in Alabama
150 flood watches 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 flood watches reaches back to 2005.
Flood Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 150
- Busiest year
- 202424 flood watches
- Average year
- 8over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not 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.
- DeKalb County42
- Marshall County42
- Cullman County41
- Jackson County41
- Madison County41
- Morgan County39
- Jefferson County38
- Lauderdale County37
- Limestone County37
- Coffee County36
- Dale County36
- Henry County36
- St. Clair County36
- Colbert County35
- Franklin County35
- Tuscaloosa County35
- Lawrence County34
- Geneva County34
- Houston County34
- Blount County34
- Shelby County33
- Calhoun County32
- Talladega County32
- Bibb County31
- Cherokee County31
- Etowah County31
- Chilton County30
- Clay County30
- Pickens County30
- Cleburne County29
- Greene County28
- Randolph County28
- Sumter County28
- Coosa County27
- Hale County27
- Walker County27
- Perry County26
- Autauga County25
- Chambers County25
- Elmore County25
27 more counties
- Fayette County25
- Lamar County25
- Tallapoosa County25
- Winston County25
- Lee County24
- Lowndes County24
- Macon County24
- Marengo County24
- Marion County24
- Montgomery County24
- Dallas County23
- Bullock County21
- Russell County21
- Pike County19
- Washington County18
- Barbour County18
- Baldwin County17
- Mobile County17
- Clarke County16
- Monroe County16
- Wilcox County16
- Choctaw County16
- Escambia County14
- Conecuh County13
- Butler County12
- Covington County12
- Crenshaw County12
The latest flood watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 3 more | 3 days |
| Jul 22, 9:41 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 57 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:36 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 26 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:24 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 67 hr |
| Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 28 more | 3 days |
| Jun 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 4 days |
| Jun 8, 3:09 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:12 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison and 2 more | 31 hr |
| May 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 39 hr |
| May 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 29 more | 47 hr |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 46 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.