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Part of: Forsyth County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 24 at 5:49PM CDT until July 24 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Cherokee, AL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 48,892 acres
- Began
- To end
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- News CBS News
Flash flood warnings issued, watches expanded as storm hits North Georgia and metro Atlanta
- Storm report NWS BMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Southside, AL
Multiple videos in the Southside area showing instances of quickly flowing water with depth or deep standing water.
- Storm report NWS BMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Wellington, AL
Corrects previous flash flood report from Wellington for location. Additional information reveals the location to be Old Sulphur Springs Road, just northeast of LSR location ... Video shows a fairly wide plume of water flowing across a roadway in Wellington; exact roadway unknown.
- Storm report NWS BMX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Rainbow City, AL
Multiple videos in the Rainbow City area showing instances of quickly flowing water with depth or deep standing water.
Show 6 earlier updates
- NWS FFC storm report Storm report
- NWS Birmingham AL Bulletin
- WSB-TV News
Flash Flood Warning issued for multiple metro Atlanta counties
- weisradio.com News
- Raleigh News & Observer News
UPDATE: Flood watch active for Cherokee and Clay counties until Thursday evening
- Cherokee Tribune News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.