Rivers and flooding in Alabama
174 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Alabama, 1 at action stage or in flood now. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flooding now
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
No significant river flooding is outlined in Alabama in the next five days.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Flint River (AL) at Brownsboro12% chance of moderate flooding
- Styx River near Elsanor8% chance of moderate flooding
- Murder Creek (AL) at Brewton7% chance of moderate flooding
- Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville7% chance of moderate flooding
- Tallapoosa River at Wadley7% chance of moderate flooding
- Tombigbee River near Leroy18% chance of minor flooding
- Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam15% chance of minor flooding
- Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and Dam13% chance of minor flooding
- Bayou Sara at Saraland12% chance of minor flooding
- Black Warrior River below Selden Dam8% chance of minor flooding
- Sucarnoochee River at Livingston8% chance of minor flooding
- Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights8% chance of minor flooding
20 of the 40 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Alabama have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
Alabama River
Aldridge Creek (AL)
Bassett Creek
Bayou Sara
Bear Creek (AL)
Big Canoe Creek
Big Creek
Big Creek (Al)
Big Escambia Creek
Big Nance Creek (AL)
Big Wills Creek
Big Wills Creek (AL)
Black Warrior River
- Black Warrior River at Bankhead Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Black Warrior River at CordovaBelow flood stage
- Black Warrior River at Holt Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Black Warrior River at Oliver Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Black Warrior River at Selden DamBelow flood stage
- Black Warrior River at Smith DamNo flood stages set
Blackwater Creek (AL)
Blackwater River
Blue Springs Creek
Burnt Corn Creek
Buttahatchee River Below Hamilton
Cahaba River
- Cahaba RiverBelow flood stage
- Cahaba RiverNo flood stages set
- Cahaba RiverBelow flood stage
- Cahaba RiverNo flood stages set
- Cahaba RiverReading out of date
- Cahaba RiverNo flood stages set
- Cahaba River at Cahaba HeightsBelow flood stage
- Cahaba River at CentrevilleBelow flood stage
- Cahaba River at Marion JunctionBelow flood stage
- Cahaba River at SuttleBelow flood stage
- Cahaba River at West BloctonBelow flood stage
Cahaba River Near Hoover
Cahaba Valley Creek
Cahaba Valley Creek Indian Springs
Catoma Creek
Chattahoochee River
Chattooga River
Chewacla Creek
Chickasaw Creek
Choccolocco Creek
Choctawhatchee River
- Choctawhatchee River at Bellwood (CR 45)Below low-water threshold
- Choctawhatchee River at DalevilleReading out of date
- Choctawhatchee River at Geneva (SR 52)Below low-water threshold
- Choctawhatchee River at Newton (SR 134)Below low-water threshold
- Choctawhatchee River at Texasville (SR 131)Out of service
Claybank Creek
Clear Creek
Conecuh River
Coosa River
- Coosa RiverNo flood stages set
- Coosa River at ChildersburgBelow flood stage
- Coosa River at GadsdenBelow flood stage
- Coosa River at Jordan DamNo flood stages set
- Coosa River at Lay DamNo flood stages set
- Coosa River at Logan Martin DamBelow flood stage
- Coosa River at Mitchell DamNo flood stages set
- Coosa River at Neely Henry DamNo flood stages set
- Coosa River at Stateline near WaterhouseBelow flood stage
- Coosa River at Weiss DamBelow flood stage
- Coosa River at WetumpkaBelow flood stage
Crooked Creek (AL)
Double Bridges Creek
East Fork Choctawhatchee River
Escatawpa River
Fish River (AL)
Fivemile Creek
Flint River (AL)
Fowl River
Hamilton Creek
Indian Creek (AL)
Intracoastal Waterway
Kelly Creek
Limestone Creek (AL)
Little Cahaba River
Little Choctawhatchee River
Little Claybank Creek
Little Double Bridges Creek
Little River
Little Tallapoosa River
Locust Fork
Lost Creek (AL)
Luxapallila Creek
Magnolia River
Mobile River
Mulberry Creek
Mulberry Fork
Murder Creek
Murder Creek (AL)
North River
Noxubee River
Ohatchee Creek
Paint Rock River (AL)
Patsaliga Creek
Pea River
Pine Barren Creek
Pinhook Creek (AL)
Sardine Branch
Satilpa Creek
Sepulga River
Shades Creek
Sipsey Fork
Sipsey River
Styx River
Sucarnoochee River
Tallapoosa River
- Tallapoosa RiverBelow flood stage
- Tallapoosa River at Harris DamNo flood stages set
- Tallapoosa River at Horseshoe BendBelow flood stage
- Tallapoosa River at Martin DamBelow flood stage
- Tallapoosa River at MilsteadBelow flood stage
- Tallapoosa River at Tallapoosa Water PlantBelow flood stage
- Tallapoosa River at WadleyBelow flood stage
- Tallapoosa River at Yates DamNo flood stages set
Tennessee River
- Tennessee River at DecaturBelow flood stage
- Tennessee River at FlorenceBelow flood stage
- Tennessee River at Guntersville DamBelow flood stage
- Tennessee River at Guntersville Dam Headwater/Pool ElevationNo flood stages set
- Tennessee River at ScottsboroBelow flood stage
- Tennessee River at WhitesburgBelow flood stage
Terrapin Creek
Tide Gauge
- Tide Gauge at Bayou La Batre Bridge (in MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at Chickasaw (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at Coast Guard Sector Mobile (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at Dauphin Island (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at DAUPHIN ISLAND 5SNo flood stages set
- Tide Gauge at DOG RIVER BRIDGE (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at East Fowl River Bridge (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at Mobile State Docks (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
- Tide Gauge at Weeks Bay (IN MHHW)Reading out of date
- Tide Gauge at West Fowl River Bridge (IN MHHW)Below flood stage
Tombigbee River
- Tombigbee River at Bevill Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Tombigbee River at Coffeeville DamBelow flood stage
- Tombigbee River at Demopolis Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Tombigbee River at Gainesville Lock and DamBelow flood stage
- Tombigbee River at LeroyBelow flood stage
- Tombigbee River at NanafaliaNo flood stages set
Tuckabum Creek
Turkey Creek
Valley Creek
Valley Creek (AL-2)
Valley Creek (AL)
Village Creek
Village Creek (AL)
Walnut Creek (AL)
West Fork Choctawhatchee River
Whitewater Creek
Wolf Creek (Baldwin)
Yellow River (AL)
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.