690  
WGUS62 KCAE 092002  
FFACAE  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC  
402 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-025-100630-  
/O.NEW.KCAE.FA.A.0002.261010T1200Z-261011T0100Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-MCCORMICK-EDGEFIELD-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MURPHYS ESTATES, EDGEFIELD, EVANS, MARTINEZ,  
MCCORMICK, WAYNESBORO, JOHNSTON, AUGUSTA, LINCOLNTON, THOMSON, AND  
CLARKS HILL  
402 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, BURKE, COLUMBIA, LINCOLN, MCDUFFIE AND RICHMOND AND  
CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, EDGEFIELD  
AND MCCORMICK.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- ISAIAS WILL MOVE INLAND OVERNIGHT WITH A BAND OF ASSOCIATED HEAVY  
RAINFALL DEVELOPING ACROSS THE GEORGIA SATURDAY. WHILE THE EXACT  
LOCATION OF WHERE THIS BANDING WILL OCCUR IS UNCERTAIN,  
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN THESE HIGHER RAINFALL TOTALS  
POTENTIALLY MOVING INTO EASTERN GA AND WESTERN SC. RAINFALL  
TOTALS OF 3-6" ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THIS BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN  
SATURDAY MORNING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 

 
 

 
 
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