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Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Pierce, GA; Ware, GA
Effective: 2026-06-26 @ 7:37 pm -> 2026-06-27 @ 7:00 pm
Onset: 2026-06-26 @ 7:37 pm -> 2026-06-27 @ 7:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Jacksonville FL on 2026-06-26 @ 7:37 pm
Headline: Flood Warning issued June 26 at 8:37PM EDT until June 27 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Description: ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...

Satilla River At Waycross affecting Ware and Pierce Counties.

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...

Satilla River At Atkinson affecting Brantley County.

Additional information is available at
https://water.weather.gov/wfo/JAX

The next statement will be issued Saturday evening at 800 PM EDT.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Satilla River at Waycross.

* WHEN...Until Saturday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 16.0 feet, Flooding of agriculture and timberlands
begins. On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp is
flooded. On the Pierce/Brantley county line at the State Road 121
Bridge the boat ramp and dirt access roads are flooded. At 17.0
feet, On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp parking
lot and access road is flooded and Simmons Trail is flooded cutting
off one residence. On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee
Country Club Course Holes 14 through 16 begin to flood. At 18.0
feet, On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country Club Golf
Course is generally closed. Riverwoods Drive low lying properties
begin to flood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:30 PM EDT Friday the stage was 16.6 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage early
tomorrow afternoon and continue falling to 14.2 feet Monday
evening.
- Flood stage is 16.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Brantley, GA
Effective: 2026-06-26 @ 7:37 pm -> 2026-06-27 @ 7:45 pm
Onset: 2026-06-26 @ 7:37 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Jacksonville FL on 2026-06-26 @ 7:37 pm
Headline: Flood Warning issued June 26 at 8:37PM EDT by NWS Jacksonville FL
Description: ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in
Georgia...

Satilla River At Waycross affecting Ware and Pierce Counties.

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Georgia...

Satilla River At Atkinson affecting Brantley County.

Additional information is available at
https://water.weather.gov/wfo/JAX

The next statement will be issued Saturday evening at 800 PM EDT.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Satilla River at Atkinson.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Warners Landing, Louis Landing and
secondary roads around KOA campgrounds begin to flood. At 14.0
feet, River Rock Road begins to experience flooding across the
road.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 PM EDT Friday the stage was 15.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 17.2 feet
early Sunday morning.
- Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood