Alert archive / Alabama / Flood Watches
Flood Watches in Alabama, 2026
18 flood watches in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- May8 flood watches
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20263 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 8, 8:52 AM CST | Flood Watch | HUN | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:53 AM CST | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 29 more | 51 hr |
| May 6, 4:52 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 28 more | 26 hr |
| May 22, 8:21 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall | 14 hr |
| May 24, 11:11 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 7 hr |
| May 24, 11:18 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 46 hr |
| May 24, 11:29 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 29 more | 47 hr |
| May 25, 9:29 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 39 hr |
| May 26, 1:26 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 24 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:12 PM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:09 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 4 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:00 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MOB | Baldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more | 4 days |
| Jun 16, 3:06 PM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 28 more | 3 days |
| Jun 17, 12:24 AM CDT | Flood Watch | TAE | Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston | 67 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:36 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Chilton and 26 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 22, 9:41 AM CDT | Flood Watch | HUN | Cullman, DeKalb, Jackson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan | 57 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Flood Watch | BMX | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, Jefferson and 3 more | 3 days |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson County8
- St. Clair County8
- Blount County7
- Calhoun County7
- Cherokee County7
- Cleburne County7
- Etowah County7
- Shelby County7
- Talladega County7
- Cullman County6
- DeKalb County6
- Jackson County6
- Marshall County6
- Clay County6
- Randolph County6
- Tuscaloosa County6
- Madison County5
- Morgan County5
- Autauga County5
- Bibb County5
- Chambers County5
- Chilton County5
- Coosa County5
- Dallas County5
- Elmore County5
- Greene County5
- Hale County5
- Lee County5
- Lowndes County5
- Macon County5
- Marengo County5
- Montgomery County5
- Perry County5
- Pickens County5
- Sumter County5
- Tallapoosa County5
- Walker County4
- Barbour County4
- Bullock County4
- Pike County4
27 more counties
- Russell County4
- Lauderdale County2
- Limestone County2
- Fayette County2
- Lamar County2
- Winston County2
- Baldwin County2
- Butler County2
- Choctaw County2
- Clarke County2
- Conecuh County2
- Covington County2
- Crenshaw County2
- Escambia County2
- Mobile County2
- Monroe County2
- Washington County2
- Wilcox County2
- Coffee County2
- Dale County2
- Geneva County2
- Henry County2
- Houston County2
- Colbert County1
- Franklin County1
- Lawrence County1
- Marion County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.