NWS Tallahassee FLFF.W 0025September 6, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Ben Hill, Irwin and Turner, GA
The National Weather Service office in Tallahassee issued a flash flood warning for Ben Hill, Irwin and Turner in Georgia, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on September 6. It was the 25th flash flood warning the NWS office in Tallahassee issued in 2026. Georgia had 16 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 10 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Georgia's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Tallahassee FL
- Area
- Ben Hill, Irwin and Turner
- State
- Georgia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:50 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. EDT, September 6, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KTAE FF.W 0025
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Georgia since 2008Every warning type in Georgia
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The notice as issued
FFWTAE The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Western Ben Hill County in south central Georgia... Irwin County in south central Georgia... Eastern Turner County in south central Georgia... * Until 1045 PM EDT. * At 850 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Ocilla, Mystic, Rebecca, Irwinville, Pinetta, Fitzgerald Municipal A/P, Irwinville Airport, Abba, Arp and Waterloo.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.