Alert archive / Alabama / Flood Watches / 2026
Flood Watches in Alabama, May 2026
8 flood watches in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Flood Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- May 25, 20263 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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Blount County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cherokee County3
- Clay County3
- Cleburne County3
- Etowah County3
- Jefferson County3
- Randolph County3
- St. Clair County3
- Shelby County3
- Talladega County3
- Cullman County3
- DeKalb County3
- Jackson County3
- Marshall County3
- Autauga County2
- Barbour County2
- Bibb County2
- Bullock County2
- Chambers County2
- Chilton County2
- Coosa County2
- Dallas County2
- Elmore County2
- Greene County2
- Hale County2
- Lee County2
- Lowndes County2
- Macon County2
- Marengo County2
- Montgomery County2
- Perry County2
- Pickens County2
- Pike County2
- Russell County2
- Sumter County2
- Tallapoosa County2
- Tuscaloosa County2
- Madison County2
- Morgan County2
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.