Weather Alerts For Fort Stewart, GA

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM, JASPER, CHATHAM AND BRYAN COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM EDT # SUMMARY -------------------- At 511 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Godley Station, moving southeast at 5 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE Pooler, Godley Station, I-16/I-95 Interchange, Savannah International Airport, Rincon, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Bloomingdale, Meldrim and Meinhard. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS I-16 between mile markers 146 and 161. I-95 in Georgia between mile markers 94 and 112. ISSUED AT Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Charleston SC HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, TV or your local news source for the latest information from the National Weather Service. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Effingham GA, Inland Bryan GA, Inland Chatham GA, Inland Jasper SC

Closest strike: 3.95 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.