Flash Flood Warnings for Southwestern Baldwin County, Alabama, and Southern Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Lauderdale County: NWS Jackson warns of flash flooding in southern Lauderdale County, including Meridian, until 7:15 p.m. CDT (5:15 p.m. Pacific). Heavy rain is causing flash flooding in two more Southern counties on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. The National Weather Service in Mobile issued a Flash Flood Warning for southwestern Baldwin County, Alabama, at 4:39 p.m. CDT until 7:45 p.m. CDT (5:45 p.m. Pacific). Fort Morgan, Gulf Highlands, and Gasque are named. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen there, with 2 to 3 more inches possible. The National Weather Service in Jackson issued a Flash Flood Warning for southern Lauderdale County, Mississippi, at 4:18 p.m. CDT until 7:15 p.m. CDT (5:15 p.m. Pacific). Meridian, Marion, and Toomsuba are among the places named. Between 1 and 3 inches have fallen, with 1 to 3 more possible.

What to do: do not drive through water on the road. 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 it is from the driver’s seat. Stay away from flooded underpasses, creeks, and low spots. If water is rising around you, move to higher ground. If you are trapped, call 911. Do not treat the end time as an all-clear until weather.gov says the warning is over.

Source: National Weather Service Mobile (FFWMOB, WGUS54 KMOB 042139) and National Weather Service Jackson (FFWJAN, WGUS54 KJAN 042118), Flash Flood Warnings issued Oct. 4, 2026. Live alerts: Baldwin County https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.258bd68c06f3e5f73874cfa5b0da3134094832ee.001.1; Lauderdale County https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3ffd6829aa9c304c08f251b03dca92f3b01a2332.001.1. Flood safety: https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood. County hubs: https://noticenearby.com/al/baldwin and https://noticenearby.com/ms/lauderdale. 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-baldwin-al-lauderdale-ms-oct-4-2026.

Official source: National Weather Service Flash Flood Warnings (Mobile, Jackson). https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.258bd68c06f3e5f73874cfa5b0da3134094832ee.001.1

County hub: https://noticenearby.com/ms/lauderdale. 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.