Flash Flood Warning for Dale County, Alabama, Until 8:15 a.m. CDT

This brief is the Dale County, Alabama copy. The new warning covers southern Dale County. The Alabama warning covers southeastern Coffee, southern Dale, northeastern Geneva, southwestern Henry and northwestern Houston counties. NWS Tallahassee issued it at 5:20 a.m. CDT (6:20 a.m. EDT, 3:20 a.m. Pacific). It lasts until 8:15 a.m. CDT (6:15 a.m. Pacific). Radar showed 2 to 4 inches of rain already fallen, with 2 to 4 inches more possible. The warning names these places: Daleville, Dothan, Fort Rucker, Headland, Hartford, Midland City, Kinsey, Level Plains, Newton, Webb, Pinckard, Clayhatchee, Grimes, Newville, Napier Field and Coffee Springs. Do not drive on flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown. Be careful in the early-morning dark and on the morning commute. Dale and Henry counties also remain under an earlier, separate warning until 6:45 a.m. CDT (4:45 a.m. Pacific), covered on its own Notice Nearby page.

Heavy rain is causing flash flooding on the Florida Panhandle coast and in the Wiregrass of southeast Alabama. Two new Flash Flood Warnings came out early Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. The Florida warning covers southern Okaloosa County and southeastern Santa Rosa County. NWS Mobile issued it at 5:45 a.m. CDT Monday, Oct. 5, 2026 (3:45 a.m. Pacific). It lasts until 8:45 a.m. CDT (6:45 a.m. Pacific). Radar and rain gauges showed 2 to 3 inches of rain already fallen in and around Destin and Okaloosa Island, with 1 to 2 inches more possible. The Alabama warning covers southeastern Coffee, southern Dale, northeastern Geneva, southwestern Henry and northwestern Houston counties. NWS Tallahassee issued it at 5:20 a.m. CDT (6:20 a.m. EDT, 3:20 a.m. Pacific). It lasts until 8:15 a.m. CDT (6:15 a.m. Pacific). Radar showed 2 to 4 inches of rain already fallen, with 2 to 4 inches more possible. Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Niceville, Navarre, Dothan, Daleville, Fort Rucker and Headland are among the places named. Flash flooding is happening now or will start soon. Creeks, streams, town streets, highways, underpasses and low spots can flood. Earlier warnings in Coffee, Dale and Henry counties were separate; this is a new one.

What to do: do not drive on flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown. Most flood deaths happen in vehicles. Six inches of moving water can knock a person down. A foot or two of moving water can float a car. You cannot tell how deep the water is from the driver’s seat. Be careful in the dark and on the morning commute. On the coast, beach roads and low streets near the bays can flood fast. If you are in a low spot, move to higher ground. If you are trapped, call 911. If you can report flooding safely, tell local emergency services. Do not treat the end time as an all-clear until weather.gov says the warning is over.

Source: National Weather Service. Florida warning: NWS Mobile AL, FFWMOB, issued 5:45 a.m. CDT Oct. 5, 2026, until 8:45 a.m. CDT: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f220bebec915177b3c561da1e2cd9aa4e40a27f4.001.1. Alabama warning: NWS Tallahassee FL, FFWTAE, issued 5:20 a.m. CDT (6:20 a.m. EDT) Oct. 5, 2026, until 8:15 a.m. CDT: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8421d60dbd09cdca55cf200944b24dd6fdcea354.001.1. Office text products: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=mob&wwa=all and https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=tae&wwa=all. Flood safety: https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood. Office posts: https://x.com/NWSMobile/status/2107059831085429078 and https://x.com/NWSTallahassee/status/2107053396956004594. County hubs: https://noticenearby.com/fl/okaloosa, https://noticenearby.com/fl/santa-rosa, https://noticenearby.com/al/coffee, https://noticenearby.com/al/dale, https://noticenearby.com/al/geneva, https://noticenearby.com/al/henry and https://noticenearby.com/al/houston. If this page and weather.gov disagree, weather.gov wins. Notice Nearby is not the National Weather Service, the sheriff, or the fire department.

The full plain-language brief, with the official clocks and the source links, is the Notice Nearby public paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/flash-flood-warnings-okaloosa-santa-rosa-fl-coffee-dale-geneva-henry-houston-al-oct-5-2026.

Official source: National Weather Service Mobile AL and Tallahassee FL flash flood warnings FFWMOB and FFWTAE. https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8421d60dbd09cdca55cf200944b24dd6fdcea354.001.1 and https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f220bebec915177b3c561da1e2cd9aa4e40a27f4.001.1

County hub: https://noticenearby.com/al/dale. This is not the fire department, the sheriff, or the National Weather Service. If an official page and this note disagree, the official page wins.