Flash Flood Warning for Southwestern Burke County, Georgia, Until 11:15 p.m. EDT

This brief is the Burke County, Georgia copy. NWS Columbia SC issued a Flash Flood Warning for southwestern Burke County at 8:17 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. It lasts until 11:15 p.m. EDT (8:15 p.m. Pacific). Radar showed 2.5 to 4.5 inches of rain already fallen, with 1 to 1.5 inches more possible. Places named are Midville, Magruder and Rosier. Do not drive through flooded roads. Turn around, don’t drown. Be extra careful at night.

Heavy rain is causing flash flooding in southwestern Burke County, Georgia. The National Weather Service in Columbia, South Carolina, issued this Flash Flood Warning at 8:17 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. It lasts until 11:15 p.m. EDT the same night. That end time is 8:15 p.m. Pacific. The warning names Midville, Magruder and Rosier. Radar showed storms that have already dropped 2.5 to 4.5 inches of rain. Another 1 to 1.5 inches could fall. Flash flooding is happening now or will start soon. Small creeks, streams, roads, low spots and underpasses can flood fast. The warning covers the southwestern part of Burke County, not all of Georgia.

What to do: do not drive through water on the road. Turn around, don’t drown. Most flood deaths happen in vehicles. Never drive around barricades. Six inches of moving water can knock a person down. A foot or two of moving water can float a car. You cannot tell how deep the water is from the driver’s seat. Be extra careful at night, when flooding is harder to see. If you are in a low spot, move to higher ground. If you are trapped, call 911. If you can do it safely, report flooding to local emergency services. Do not treat 11:15 p.m. EDT as an all-clear until weather.gov says the warning is over.

Source: National Weather Service Columbia SC, Flash Flood Warning FFWCAE, issued 8:17 p.m. EDT Oct. 4, 2026, until 11:15 p.m. EDT Oct. 4, 2026. Live alert: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.48260962a27e0b33db705a662277137d319face4.001.1. Office text products: https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=cae&wwa=all. Flood safety: https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood. Office post: https://x.com/NWSColumbia/status/2106901748182897007. County hub: https://noticenearby.com/ga/burke. If this page and weather.gov disagree, weather.gov wins. Notice Nearby is not the National Weather Service, the sheriff, or the fire department.

The full plain-language brief, with the official clocks and the source links, is the Notice Nearby public paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/flash-flood-warning-burke-county-ga-oct-4-2026.

Official source: National Weather Service Columbia SC flash flood warning FFWCAE. https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.48260962a27e0b33db705a662277137d319face4.001.1

County hub: https://noticenearby.com/ga/burke. This is not the fire department, the sheriff, or the National Weather Service. If an official page and this note disagree, the official page wins.