Public paper · October 4, 2026 · Baldwin County, Alabama, and Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Flash Flood Warnings for Southwestern Baldwin County, Alabama, and Southern Lauderdale County, Mississippi
New Flash Flood Warnings on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026: southwestern Baldwin County, Alabama, near Fort Morgan until 7:45 p.m. CDT (5:45 p.m. Pacific), and southern Lauderdale County, Mississippi, including Meridian, until 7:15 p.m. CDT (5:15 p.m. Pacific). Radar showed up to 4 inches of rain with more on the way. Turn around, don’t drown.
Incident history
Update · Oct. 4, 2026 · 4:39 p.m. CDT
Flash Flood Warning issued (southwestern Baldwin County)
NWS Mobile issued a Flash Flood Warning at 4:39 p.m. CDT for southwestern Baldwin County until 7:45 p.m. CDT. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen, and 2 to 3 more inches are possible. Fort Morgan, Gulf Highlands, and Gasque are named. Earlier, a Tornado Warning ran from 4:02 to 4:30 p.m. CDT for south central Baldwin County near Fort Morgan.
NWS Mobile FFWMOB WGUS54 KMOB 042139. VTEC /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0043.261004T2139Z-261005T0045Z/. https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.258bd68c06f3e5f73874cfa5b0da3134094832ee.001.1
noticenearby.com/papers/flash-flood-warnings-baldwin-al-lauderdale-ms-oct-4-2026.pdf
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.
Baldwin County, Alabama
This is a new warning. It covers southwestern Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama, near Fort Morgan on the Gulf. Radar showed thunderstorms with heavy rain. Flash flooding is happening or expected to begin shortly. VTEC /O.NEW.KMOB.FF.W.0043.261004T2139Z-261005T0045Z/.
Earlier Sunday, NWS Mobile had a Flash Flood Warning for southeastern Baldwin County (Foley, Elberta, Summerdale) that ended at 4:15 p.m. CDT, and a Tornado Warning from 4:02 to 4:30 p.m. CDT for south central Baldwin County near Fort Morgan. That earlier paper is https://noticenearby.com/papers/flash-flood-warning-baldwin-county-al-oct-4-2026.
Lauderdale County, Mississippi
The warning covers southern Lauderdale County in east central Mississippi. Places named: Meridian, Marion, Nellieburg, Toomsuba, Zero, Causeyville, and Savoy. The list is examples, not a fence. VTEC /O.NEW.KJAN.FF.W.0058.261004T2118Z-261005T0015Z/.
Hub pins and history
The Baldwin County hub shows this paper at the top with a flash flood warning stamp until 7:45 p.m. CDT (5:45 p.m. Pacific). The Lauderdale County hub shows it until 7:15 p.m. CDT (5:15 p.m. Pacific). The paper stays in Papers after the pins come down.
This page names counties and communities only. It does not print a street address.
Notes and sources
- Sources: NWS Mobile FFWMOB WGUS54 KMOB 042139; NWS Jackson FFWJAN WGUS54 KJAN 042118. Checked live on api.weather.gov Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4, 2026. Status Actual. Not cancelled.
- Rain totals and places are copied from the warnings. Radar indicated. Nothing was added.
- Author: Ryan Standley / Record of Sale, LLC / Notice Nearby.
- Not legal advice. Not a newspaper. Not Legal Publication. Record of Sale, LLC (Oregon).
County hubs · https://noticenearby.com/al/baldwin · https://noticenearby.com/ms/lauderdale
Not legal advice. Not a newspaper. Not Legal Publication. Record of Sale, LLC (Oregon).