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Part of: Forsyth County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 24 at 4:49PM CDT until July 24 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Cherokee, AL; Etowah, AL, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 402,976 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Cherokee, AL; Etowah, AL · ≈ 630 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
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- 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 — 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 FFC storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 ENE Temple, GA
Video from the public of flooded yard with moving water near the intersection of Taylors Gin Road and Cown Road.
- Bulletin NWS Birmingham AL
Flash Flood Warning issued
Cherokee, AL; Etowah, AL
Show 3 earlier updates
- FOX 5 Atlanta News
- weisradio.com News
- Raleigh News & Observer News
UPDATE: Flood watch active for Cherokee and Clay counties until Thursday evening
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