River Flood Warnings in Alabama
2,060 river flood warnings 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 river flood warnings reaches back to 2005.
River Flood Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- River Flood Warnings
- 2,060
- Busiest year
- 2020214 river flood warnings
- Average year
- 108over 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.
- Greene County372
- Marengo County342
- Hale County332
- Sumter County320
- Clarke County286
- Washington County233
- Madison County218
- Choctaw County192
- Escambia County185
- Baldwin County177
- Dallas County153
- Marshall County125
- Elmore County114
- Pickens County108
- Jackson County106
- Monroe County101
- Wilcox County101
- Covington County99
- Montgomery County95
- Jefferson County94
- Mobile County90
- Tuscaloosa County79
- Shelby County73
- Bibb County65
- Perry County61
- Lawrence County57
- Lauderdale County54
- Dale County50
- Lee County45
- Russell County43
- Colbert County40
- Chambers County39
- Coosa County39
- Talladega County39
- Randolph County37
- Tallapoosa County37
- Walker County37
- Chilton County35
- Autauga County34
- Lowndes County34
The latest river flood warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Clarke, Washington | 62 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 71 hr |
| Jun 21, 10:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 5 hr |
| Jun 20, 9:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 13 hr |
| Jun 19, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 61 hr |
| Jun 19, 9:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 47 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:25 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Mobile | 35 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 6 days |
| Jun 18, 10:21 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 35 hr |
| Jun 18, 10:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Escambia | 72 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MOB | Covington | 3 days |
| Jun 18, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | BMX | Sumter | 25 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.