A comprehensive rain and thunderstorm is moving in over western and central Germany during the day.
This affects this evening's European Championship match between Turkey and Georgia in Dortmund.
The weather warning means that the organisers are closing a fan zone and a park where matches are shown on a large screen.
Heavy rain with thunderstorms and strong winds means that the locations cannot be kept open for safety reasons, according to authorities in Dortmund for the AP news agency.
General areas allocated for European Championship activities in nearby cities such as Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, and Düsseldorf are also being closed during the day.
In Dortmund, everyone without a ticket to this evening's football match is being advised not to go to the arena, fan zone, or Friedensplatz where the match was to be shown on a large screen.
The Group F match between Turkey and Georgia kicks off at 18.00.
