High Wind, Rabun
- When
- January 18, 8:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Georgia, January 18, 1996
Generally high wind conditions, with gusts frequently to about 60 mph, caused some property damage across the mountains. Power was out in some locations and numerous trees were downed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Floods
- Wind
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Generally high wind conditions, with gusts frequently to about 60 mph, caused some property damage across the mountains. Power was out in some locations and numerous trees were downed. A small line of thunderstorms developed and boosted gradient winds to damaging levels in Toccoa where signs were reported blown down and off of buildings in the downtown area. Trees and power lines were also reported downed. Several inches of rain fell but no significant flooding was reported, except in Rabun county where small streams flooded.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Habersham
- When
- January 18, 8:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Stephens
- When
- January 18, 8:17 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Oklahoma, January 18 to 20, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, January 18, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, January 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alabama, January 18 to 19, 1996
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 18, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, January 18, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5537471, 5537472, 5537473.