Flash Flood Warning Issued for Etowah County, AL
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on June 27, 2026, 8 weeks ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
NWS Birmingham has issued a Flash Flood Warning for central Etowah County in northeastern Alabama until 9:15 PM CDT on June 7.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Affected area
- Etowah County, Alabama
- Issued
- June 27, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NWS Birmingham AL
Flood notices turn on location and timing. Treat the named area as this record's scope; do not assume nearby counties, parishes, or waterways were included.
Record status: historical. It was issued 8 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Etowah County, Alabama.
Alert Details
Flash Flood Warning issued by NWS Birmingham AL. Effective from June 7 at 6:05 PM CDT until June 7 at 9:15 PM CDT.
Affected Areas
Central Etowah County in northeastern Alabama, including Gadsden, Rainbow City, Attalla, Glencoe, Reece City, Noccalula Falls, Gadsden Mall, Northside, Gadsden Water Works, Gadsden Steam Plant, Crudup, Big Wills Creek, Wilsonia and Gadsden Municipal Airport.
What You Should Do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Expected Conditions
At 6:05 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible.
Timeline
The warning is in effect from June 7 at 6:05 PM CDT until June 7 at 9:15 PM CDT.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (912 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to June 27, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.