Cold/Wind Chill, Hart
- When
- January 7, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hart forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 34.351, -82.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Georgia, January 7, 1996
A man died of hypothermia after the car in which he was a passenger went into the water near Hartwell Dam. He escaped the car and walked, apparently to seek help, toward the Ranger station.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A man died of hypothermia after the car in which he was a passenger went into the water near Hartwell Dam. He escaped the car and walked, apparently to seek help, toward the Ranger station. He was found later. It is not clear how the car ended up in the water. His companion, the driver, drowned. The water twmperature was reported to be about 48 degrees. the weather was windy and quite cold with freezing or near freezing temperatures.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Hart | 1996-01-07 | 24 | Male | Other | Direct |
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in Maryland, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 7, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 7 to 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, January 1996
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: 5537464.