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Beaufort County Sheriff's Office
Thursday March 12th, 2026 :: 07:15 a.m. EDT

Advisory

Tornado Watch until 01:00PM

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 50 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN GEORGIA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA BRYAN BULLOCH CANDLER CHATHAM EFFINGHAM EVANS JENKINS LIBERTY LONG MCINTOSH SCREVEN TATTNALL IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ALLENDALE BEAUFORT COLLETON DORCHESTER HAMPTON JASPER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLENDALE, BEAUFORT, BLUFFTON, CLAXTON, COTTAGEVILLE, DARIEN, EDISTO BEACH, ESTILL, FAIRFAX, FORT STEWART, GARDEN CITY, GLENNVILLE, HAMPTON, HARDEEVILLE, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HINESVILLE, LUDOWICI, METTER, MILLEN, PEMBROKE, POOLER, REIDSVILLE, RICHMOND HILL, RIDGELAND, RIDGEVILLE, RINCON, SAINT GEORGE, SAVANNAH, SPRINGFIELD, STATESBORO, SUMMERVILLE, SYCAMORE, SYLVANIA, TYBEE ISLAND, VARNVILLE, WALTERBORO, AND YEMASSEE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BRYAN, GA ... BULLOCH, GA ... CANDLER, GA ... CHATHAM, GA ... EFFINGHAM, GA ... EVANS, GA ... JENKINS, GA ... LIBERTY, GA ... LONG, GA ... MCINTOSH, GA ... SCREVEN, GA ... TATTNALL, GA ... ALLENDALE, SC ... BEAUFORT, SC ... COLLETON, SC ... DORCHESTER, SC ... HAMPTON, SC ... JASPER, SC

Address/Location
Beaufort County Sheriff's Office
2001 Duke St
Beaufort, SC 29902

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 843-255-3200

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Alert Details

Severity:
Extreme - Extraordinary threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Tornado Watch

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