Public paper · October 4, 2026 · Barbour, Bullock and Pike counties, Alabama
Flash Flood Warning for Barbour, Bullock and Pike Counties, Alabama, Until 12:30 a.m. CDT
Heavy rain is causing flash flooding in northern Barbour County, southern Bullock County and central Pike County, Alabama. The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a Flash Flood Warning at 9:34 p.m. CDT on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. It lasts until 12:30 a.m. CDT Monday, Oct. 5. That end time is 10:30 p.m. Pacific on Sunday. Troy, Union Springs, Midway, Clayton, Banks and Troy University are named. Radar showed 3 to 5 inches of rain already fallen, with 2 to 4 inches more possible. Do not drive on flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown. Be extra careful at night.
Incident history
Update · Oct. 4, 2026 · 9:34 p.m. CDT
Flash Flood Warning issued
The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a Flash Flood Warning at 9:34 p.m. CDT on Oct. 4, 2026, for northern Barbour County, southern Bullock County, and central Pike County in Alabama, until 12:30 a.m. CDT Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. Doppler radar showed thunderstorms producing heavy rain. Between 3 and 5 inches of rain had fallen, and another 2 to 4 inches are possible. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. The statement names Troy, Union Springs, and Clayton, and US 82 and US 231. The alert action is new. Life-threatening flash flooding of creeks, streams, urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses. Do not drive through floodwater.
National Weather Service Birmingham Flash Flood Warning FFWBMX, issued 9:34 p.m. CDT on Oct. 4, 2026.
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Heavy rain is causing flash flooding in southeast Alabama. The National Weather Service in Birmingham issued a Flash Flood Warning at 9:34 p.m. CDT on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. It covers northern Barbour County, southern Bullock County and central Pike County. It lasts until 12:30 a.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 5. That end time is 10:30 p.m. Pacific on Sunday. Troy, Union Springs, Midway, Clayton, Banks, Pickett, Troy University and the Troy Municipal Airport are among the places named. Doppler radar showed thunderstorms with 3 to 5 inches of rain already fallen. Another 2 to 4 inches is possible. Flash flooding is happening now or will start soon. Creeks, streams, town streets, highways, underpasses and low spots can flood. Parts of US Highway 82 and US Highway 231 are inside the warned area. The warning covers the parts of the three counties listed on the bulletin, not all of Alabama.
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 at night, when it is harder to see flooding. Know what is around you. 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 and ask them to pass the report to the National Weather Service. Do not treat 12:30 a.m. CDT as an all-clear until weather.gov says the warning is over.
Source: National Weather Service Birmingham AL, Flash Flood Warning FFWBMX, issued 9:34 p.m. CDT Oct. 4, 2026, until 12:30 a.m. CDT Oct. 5, 2026. Live alert: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89401f5530d0ca5022fcca4bb3ed2ad71a203663.001.1. Office text products: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=bmx&wwa=all. Flood safety: https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood. Office post: https://x.com/NWSBirmingham/status/2106936222966804629. County hubs: https://noticenearby.com/al/barbour, https://noticenearby.com/al/bullock and https://noticenearby.com/al/pike. 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 warning, in plain words
The sender is the National Weather Service office in Birmingham, Alabama. The product on the live alert is FFWBMX. The headline says the Flash Flood Warning was issued Oct. 4 at 9:34 p.m. CDT until Oct. 5 at 12:30 a.m. CDT.
Severity is Severe. Urgency is Immediate. Certainty is Likely. The message type is Alert. The status is Actual. This is a brand-new warning (NEW on the VTEC line). The VTEC string is /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0037.261005T0234Z-261005T0530Z/. The World Meteorological Organization line is WGUS54 KBMX 050234.
The hazard line says flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. The source line says radar indicated.
The impact line names small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, underpasses, and other poor drainage and low-lying areas. Water can cover a road with no warning.
The county codes on the alert are ALC005 for Barbour County, ALC011 for Bullock County and ALC109 for Pike County. The SAME codes are 001005, 001011 and 001109. The FIPS codes used on this page are 01005, 01011 and 01109. The alert id is urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89401f5530d0ca5022fcca4bb3ed2ad71a203663.001.1.
The Weather Service instruction is short: be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Which parts of the counties
This is one product for three counties. The bulletin names northern Barbour County, southern Bullock County and central Pike County in southeast Alabama.
It is not a warning for every county the Birmingham office covers. Check weather.gov if you live outside those parts of Barbour, Bullock or Pike counties.
The rain numbers come from the official text. Between 3 and 5 inches have already fallen. Another 2 to 4 inches is possible in the warned area. That is the Weather Service figure, not a second clock.
The bulletin also lists highway stretches inside the warning: US Highway 82 between mile markers 183 and 194 and between mile markers 205 and 235, and US Highway 231 between mile markers 78 and 88. Those are travel routes to avoid if flooded, not destinations.
This page names the counties, towns and highways only. It does not print a street address or a house number.
Places the warning names
The warning says some places that will see flash flooding include Troy, Union Springs, Midway, Clayton, Banks, Pickett, Aberfoil, Boot Hill, the Barbour County Public Lake Dam, Beans Crossroads, Linwood, Comer, Spring Hill, Shopton, Troy University, Troy Municipal Airport, Hawkinsville, Perote, Mount Andrew and Tanyard.
Those twenty names are the only place names copied from the bulletin onto this page. This page does not add towns the warning left out.
If your town is not on the list, you can still be in the warned area. The list is examples, not a fence. Check weather.gov before you decide you are clear.
Troy University students and staff: campus and the roads around Troy are inside the warned area tonight. Follow campus alerts and stay off flooded roads.
This page does not print a street address.
Notes and sources
- Source: NWS Birmingham AL Flash Flood Warning FFWBMX, alert urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89401f5530d0ca5022fcca4bb3ed2ad71a203663.001.1, checked live the evening of Oct. 4, 2026. Status Actual. Message type Alert. Not cancelled. If weather.gov updates the clock, weather.gov wins.
- Severity: Severe. Urgency: Immediate. Certainty: Likely. VTEC /O.NEW.KBMX.FF.W.0037.261005T0234Z-261005T0530Z/. Issued 9:34 p.m. CDT Oct. 4. Ends 12:30 a.m. CDT Oct. 5 / 10:30 p.m. Pacific Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, unless extended. Auto-rescind of the hub pins uses that end time. The paper stays in Papers.
- Rain on the bulletin: 3 to 5 inches already fallen. 2 to 4 inches more possible. Radar indicated.
- Places and highway stretches named by the warning only. No street address numbers.
- Office post: https://x.com/NWSBirmingham/status/2106936222966804629.
- Author: Ryan Standley / Record of Sale, LLC / Notice Nearby.
- Not legal advice. Not a newspaper. Not Legal Publication. Record of Sale, LLC (Oregon).
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Not legal advice. Not a newspaper. Not Legal Publication. Record of Sale, LLC (Oregon).