Charlton County EMA

08/31/2026

08/29/2026

Flooding rainfall risk along the US-301 highway corridor of NE FL & SE GA at the East Coast sea breeze pushes slowly inland. Isolated rainfall totals of 2-4 inches are possible. Flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas. Travel hazards including slick roads and blinding downpours.

08/28/2026

Flooding rain risk today mainly across Southeast Georgia and the Suwannee Valley of inland North Florida. Rainfall totals of .5-1.0 inches forecast with locally higher amounts near 2-4 inches. Flooding of low-lying and poor drainage areas. Travel hazards including slick roads and blinding downpours.

08/27/2026

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐊𝐢𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐀𝐫𝐞

When an emergency happens, the last thing you want to do is try to remember everything you need as you're walking out the door.

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭.

Every household is different. Your medications, important documents, pets, medical needs, chargers, comfort items, and other essentials may look completely different from someone else's.

By nature of where we live, there may be times when we need to leave home quickly. Having a go kit ready—and a personalized checklist with it—can make that process much easier.

Take a few minutes now to think through what you and your household would need if you had to leave with little notice. Write it down, keep the list somewhere easy to find, and use it to build your kit over time.

You don't have to remember everything in an emergency if you've already made yourself a list. 💙

Preparedness works best when it's personal.

08/25/2026

⚠️ 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 — 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 ⚠️

The National Weather Service in Jacksonville has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southeastern Charlton County until 1:45 PM EDT.

⛈️ Hazard: Wind gusts up to 60 mph

📍 Storm location: Near St. George, moving east at approximately 10 mph

💨 Potential impacts: Damage to roofs, siding, and trees is possible.

Residents in southeastern Charlton County, including the St. George area, should remain weather aware and be prepared to seek shelter indoors as the storm moves through.

📲 Continue to monitor trusted weather sources and local emergency alerts for updates.

08/25/2026

08/24/2026

🔥𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐄 𝐍𝐖𝐑 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 / 𝐒𝐌𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘

A fire is currently burning within the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge on the Ware County side.

Smoke from the fire is currently drifting west to east across portions of Charlton County.

Residents may see or smell smoke as the plume moves through the area.

The graphic below shows a recent radar scan of the smoke plume and its movement across the area.

08/24/2026

Tropical Weather Outlook
August 24 2026

Central Subtropical Atlantic (AL95):
A broad area of low pressure centered a few hundred miles east-southeast of Bermuda continues to show signs of organization. Additional development of the low is possible, and this system could become a short-lived tropical depression or storm during the next couple of days while it moves northward and north-northeastward, well northeast of Bermuda. It has a medium (50 percent) chance of formation in 48 hours and in the next 7 days.

Eastern Tropical Atlantic:
A tropical wave and associated area of low pressure has moved offshore of west Africa with disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are forecast to be marginally conducive for development, and a tropical depression could form by the middle to latter portions of the week while the system moves generally westward at 15 to 20 mph across the eastern and central tropical
Atlantic. It has a low (20 percent) chance of formation in 48 hours and a medium (60 percent) chance in the next 7 days.

Hurricanes.gov