Alert archive / Alabama / Flood Watches in 2026

Flood Watch 2, NWS Birmingham, AL

May 6, 202634 counties in Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this flood watch at May 6, 2026, 4:52 AM CDT for 34 counties in Alabama. It took effect at May 6, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2026, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2026, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Flood severity: None

All 34 counties

Autauga County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Pike County, AL, Randolph County, AL, Russell County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Birmingham, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at May 6, 1:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 1:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Sumter	46 min
May 6, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Marengo, Sumter	49 min
May 6, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Dallas, Hale, Perry	33 min
May 6, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	44 min
May 6, 3:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Dallas	40 min
May 6, 3:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	30 min
May 6, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Autauga, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery	58 min
May 6, 4:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes, Montgomery	62 min
May 6, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Winston	37 min
May 6, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cleburne	33 min
May 6, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bullock, Elmore, Macon, Montgomery	47 min
May 6, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery	30 min
May 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Macon, Russell	61 min
May 6, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BMX	Greene, Hale, Sumter	72 min
May 6, 6:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Autauga, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Montgomery	3 hr
May 6, 6:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Montgomery	41 min
May 6, 6:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga	52 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Alabama, 2026 Every flood watch in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.