The Augusta area is under multiple weather advisories as Hurricane Helene, an expected Category 4 storm, makes landfall Thursday night along Florida's Big Bend coast. The National Weather Service in Columbia issued a Tropical Storm Warning and Flood Watch for multiple Augusta area counties, which will remain active through Friday afternoon.

The remnants of Hurricane Helene will impact the area early Friday morning through Friday evening. Heavy rainfall is likely along and just east of the Blue Ridge, and across parts of the Central Shenandoah Valley and surrounding high terrain. Rainfall amounts of one to three inches are expected, with locally higher amounts possible.