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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
224 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026
.BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE ISAIAS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN GEORGIA INTO THE LOWCOUNTRY OF
SOUTH CAROLINA BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON
SATURDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES COULD
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND LOCALIZED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
ESPECIALLY ACROSS COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA.
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JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF POOLER, BEAUFORT, RIDGELAND, NORTH
CHARLESTON, MILLEN, MONCKS CORNER, SPRINGFIELD, SAINT GEORGE, GARDEN
CITY, RICHMOND HILL, CLAXTON, TYBEE ISLAND, TOWNSEND, STATESBORO,
ALLENDALE, LUDOWICI, JASPER, FORT STEWART, SUMMERVILLE, METTER,
HAMPTON, PEMBROKE, MOUNT PLEASANT, DARIEN, OAK LEVEL, CHELSEA, HILTON
HEAD ISLAND, WALTERBORO, RINCON, SYLVANIA, LEVY, SAVANNAH, GOOSE
CREEK, CHARLESTON, DANIEL ISLAND, REIDSVILLE, EDISTO BEACH, FORT
MCALLISTER, WILMINGTON ISLAND, HINESVILLE, AND YEMASSEE
224 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, BULLOCH, CANDLER, COASTAL BRYAN, COASTAL CHATHAM, COASTAL
LIBERTY, COASTAL MCINTOSH, EFFINGHAM, EVANS, INLAND BRYAN, INLAND
CHATHAM, INLAND LIBERTY, INLAND MCINTOSH, JENKINS, LONG, SCREVEN
AND TATTNALL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, ALLENDALE, BEAUFORT, CHARLESTON, COASTAL COLLETON, COASTAL
JASPER, DORCHESTER, HAMPTON, INLAND BERKELEY, INLAND COLLETON,
INLAND JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY.
* WHEN...FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- BANDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN GEORGIA TONIGHT
THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE LOWCOUNTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2
TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS EASTERN GEORGIA
ARE POSSIBLE AND 3 TO 6 INCHES LOCALLY UP TO 8+ INCHES ACROSS
SOUTH CAROLINA. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST BANDS.
- 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.
BE PREPARED TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE
TO FLOODING. IF FLOODING DEVELOPS, MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
IF DRIVING, BE PREPARED FOR FLOODED ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE ROAD
CLOSURES.
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