NWS Charleston SCFF.W 0017August 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bulloch, GA
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a flash flood warning for Bulloch in Georgia, which was in force until 7:30 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 17th flash flood warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. Georgia had 34 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 16 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Georgia's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston SC
- Area
- Bulloch
- State
- Georgia
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:38 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 7:30 p.m. EDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCHS FF.W 0017
- 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
FFWCHS The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Bulloch County in southeastern Georgia... * Until 730 PM EDT. * At 438 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges 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 and automated gauges. 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... Statesboro, Register, Georgia Southern, Jimps, Kennedy Pond, Irongate, Westbrooke, Somerset, New Hope and Emit. A nearly stationary cluster of thunderstorms has developed across portions of Bulloch County and is producing very intense rainfall. The heaviest rain is falling around Statesboro and to the southwest, including the New Hope and Adabelle areas. A home weather station near Georgia Southern University has measured nearly 2 inches of rain in less than an hour. Radar imagery indicates that heavy rainfall will continue, increasing the potential for flash flooding. Impacted roadway include, but are not limited to, Highway 301, Highway 301 Bypass, Highway 80.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Report flooding directly to the Charleston National Weather Service at 1-888-383-2024 or email your reports to nws.charlestonsc@noaa.gov.
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.