Flash Flood Warning for Henry County, Alabama, Until 6:45 a.m. CDT

This brief is the Henry County, Alabama copy. The second warning covers east central Dale County, all of Henry County in Alabama, and Clay, Quitman and Randolph counties in Georgia. NWS Tallahassee issued it at 4:42 a.m. EDT (3:42 a.m. CDT, 1:42 a.m. Pacific). It lasts until 7:45 a.m. EDT (6:45 a.m. CDT, 4:45 a.m. Pacific). Radar showed 1 to 3 inches already fallen. Rain could come down at 1.5 to 4 inches in one hour, with 1 to 3 inches more possible. Abbeville and Newville are among the places named. Do not drive on flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown. Be especially careful in the dark.

Heavy rain is causing flash flooding in southeast Alabama and southwest Georgia. The National Weather Service in Tallahassee, Florida, issued two new Flash Flood Warnings early Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. The first warning covers central Dale County. NWS Tallahassee issued it at 2:46 a.m. CDT Monday, Oct. 5, 2026 (12:46 a.m. Pacific). It lasts until 5:45 a.m. CDT (3:45 a.m. Pacific). Radar showed 1 to 2 inches of rain already fallen, with 1 to 3 inches more possible. The second warning covers east central Dale County, all of Henry County in Alabama, and Clay, Quitman and Randolph counties in Georgia. NWS Tallahassee issued it at 4:42 a.m. EDT (3:42 a.m. CDT, 1:42 a.m. Pacific). It lasts until 7:45 a.m. EDT (6:45 a.m. CDT, 4:45 a.m. Pacific). Radar showed 1 to 3 inches already fallen. Rain could come down at 1.5 to 4 inches in one hour, with 1 to 3 inches more possible. Ozark, Daleville, Fort Rucker, Abbeville, Fort Gaines, Cuthbert and Shellman 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. An earlier warning for Coffee and Dale counties ended at 4:15 a.m. CDT (2:15 a.m. Pacific); these are new warnings.

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 especially careful in the dark, when it is harder to see flooding. 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 Tallahassee FL, Flash Flood Warnings FFWTAE. Central Dale County warning, issued 2:46 a.m. CDT Oct. 5, 2026, until 5:45 a.m. CDT: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cbe8b21ba8d702b8f055637a9942679542c98c67.001.1. Dale, Henry, Clay, Quitman and Randolph warning, issued 4:42 a.m. EDT Oct. 5, 2026, until 7:45 a.m. EDT: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cc3e41acccd350aa9e5285f9ff4ee7d4f30ee6ae.001.1. Office text products: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=tae&wwa=all. Flood safety: https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood. Office posts: https://x.com/NWSTallahassee/status/2107014619432624158 and https://x.com/NWSTallahassee/status/2107028867453960440. County hubs: https://noticenearby.com/al/dale, https://noticenearby.com/al/henry, https://noticenearby.com/ga/clay, https://noticenearby.com/ga/quitman and https://noticenearby.com/ga/randolph. 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-warning-dale-henry-al-clay-quitman-randolph-ga-oct-5-2026.

Official source: National Weather Service Tallahassee FL flash flood warning FFWTAE. https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cc3e41acccd350aa9e5285f9ff4ee7d4f30ee6ae.001.1

County hub: https://noticenearby.com/al/henry. 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.