Alert archive / Alabama / River Flood Warnings in 2026

River Flood Warning 8, NWS Birmingham, AL

June 18, 2026Sumter County, Alabama

NWS Birmingham, AL issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2026, 9:46 AM CDT for Sumter County, Alabama. It took effect at Jun 19, 2026, 6:15 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2026, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2026, 6:15 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2026, 10:37 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Birmingham, AL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Sumter County, AL

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Sucarnoochee River at Livingston (LVNA1). The gauge peaked at 16.71 ft at Jun 18, 2026, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 02467500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 18, 6:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 6:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 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>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 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>

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 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>

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 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>

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:11 AM CDT, 35 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>

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:36 AM CDT, 10 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
Jun 17, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Macon	53 min
Jun 18, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Greene, Hale	51 min
Jun 18, 5:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Hale	38 min
Jun 18, 6:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Fayette, Tuscaloosa	48 min
Jun 18, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Dallas	34 min
Jun 18, 9:14 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Greene, Sumter	4 hr
Jun 18, 9:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Lowndes	24 min
Jun 18, 9:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Autauga, Chilton	51 min
Jun 18, 10:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BMX	Bibb, Chilton	29 min
Jun 18, 10:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton, Coosa, Shelby	26 min
Jun 18, 10:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Chilton	32 min
Jun 18, 10:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Shelby	30 min
Jun 18, 10:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	22 min
Jun 18, 11:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	52 min
Jun 18, 11:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	78 min
Jun 18, 11:34 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Blount, Etowah, St. Clair	4 hr
Jun 18, 11:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Blount, St. Clair	50 min
Jun 18, 12:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	29 min
Jun 18, 12:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pike	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Pike	30 min
Jun 18, 1:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Pike	4 hr
Jun 18, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	41 min
Jun 18, 1:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	37 min
Jun 18, 2:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Etowah, St. Clair, Talladega	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Cherokee, Etowah	54 min
Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Bullock, Macon, Montgomery, Pike	61 min
Jun 18, 3:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Montgomery	118 min
Jun 18, 3:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BMX	Pike	77 min
Jun 18, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon	62 min
Jun 18, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Russell	33 min
Jun 18, 4:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Pike	2 hr
Jun 18, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Barbour, Bullock, Lee, Macon, Russell	3 hr
Jun 18, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	BMX	Barbour	50 min
Jun 18, 5:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BMX	Jefferson, Shelby	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Alabama, 2026 Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.