Local brief
Tornado Watch 678: Echols County, GA, until 3:00 a.m. PT — be ready to take shelter (Hurricane Isaias)
Echols County, Georgia, is under National Weather Service Tornado Watch 678 until 3:00 a.m. PT (6:00 a.m. EDT Saturday) as Hurricane Isaias moves inland. A watch means tornadoes are possible; if a Tornado Warning is issued, take shelter immediately.
NWS Jacksonville, Florida placed Echols County in Tornado Watch 678, issued 5:54 p.m. PT Friday, Oct. 9 (8:54 p.m. EDT), and in effect until 3:00 a.m. PT Friday night (6:00 a.m. EDT Saturday, Oct. 10). Watch 678 replaces part of Tornado Watch 677. Hurricane Isaias's rain bands can spin up brief tornadoes with little warning, especially at night.
Counties in Tornado Watch 678 (NWS, as of 9:45 PM PT): Florida: Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla. Georgia: Brooks, Decatur, Echols, Grady, Lowndes, Seminole, Thomas.
Places NWS lists in this part of the watch include Belmont, Houston, Jasper, Jennings, Live Oak, McAlpin, Needmore, Newburn, Statenville, Suwannee Springs, West Lake, and White Springs.
Tornado safety, from NWS: a Tornado Watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes, so be prepared to act quickly. Know your safe place (a basement, storm shelter or an interior room on the lowest floor, away from windows), keep more than one way to receive warnings, including a NOAA Weather Radio and phone alerts, and if a Tornado Warning is issued for your area, go to your safe place immediately. Mobile homes are not safe in a tornado; know where you will go ahead of time.
Hurricane Isaias, advisory by advisory from the National Hurricane Center: https://noticenearby.com/papers/tropical-storm-isaias-advisory-3-oct-7-2026
Source: National Weather Service Jacksonville, Florida Tornado Watch 678 (WCN) via api.weather.gov: https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.01f97ec1246c9e8c7fbcbd0bd04d4549e5282050.001.2 · Storm Prediction Center watch page: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/ww0678.html. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words from NWS; times shown in Pacific time. More Echols County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ga/echols · Georgia hub: https://noticenearby.com/ga
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ga-echols-tornado-watch-isaias-2026-10-09 · National Weather Service Jacksonville FL Tornado Watch 678.
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