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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
833 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026
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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 TOWNSEND, REIDSVILLE, MONCKS CORNER, MOUNT
PLEASANT, RINCON, RIDGELAND, SAINT GEORGE, LEVY, STATESBORO,
WALTERBORO, TYBEE ISLAND, BEAUFORT, CHELSEA, POOLER, SYLVANIA, FORT
MCALLISTER, METTER, RICHMOND HILL, LUDOWICI, NORTH CHARLESTON,
HINESVILLE, EDISTO BEACH, HAMPTON, CLAXTON, DARIEN, HILTON HEAD
ISLAND, JASPER, ALLENDALE, YEMASSEE, OAK LEVEL, SAVANNAH, DANIEL
ISLAND, PEMBROKE, CHARLESTON, FORT STEWART, SUMMERVILLE, MILLEN,
SPRINGFIELD, GOOSE CREEK, GARDEN CITY, AND WILMINGTON ISLAND
833 PM EDT FRI OCT 9 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
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...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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