Hazardous Weather Outlook for Rabun County

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Piedmont North Carolina, western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina, and northeast Georgia, including Rabun County.  A backdoor cold front will allow for shower and thunderstorm development Monday, July 26, afternoon into this evening. The main hazards are cloud-to-ground lightning and heavy downpours. Any areas that repeatedly see heavy downpours could experience excessive rainfall leading to the potential for isolated flooding or flash flooding.  Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms cannot be ruled out. The main potential impact from any strong to severe storm would be isolated damaging wind gusts.