Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland Bryan
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Bryan forecast zone
Hurricane in Georgia, July 11 to 12, 1996
Hurricane Watch for Bertha and later a Warning for the Georgia Coast caused about 20,000 people to evacuate, primarily Chatham County. Bertha was far enough offshore so that it did not caused any significant damage.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 CHS wrote it up.
Hurricane Watch for Bertha and later a Warning for the Georgia Coast caused about 20,000 people to evacuate, primarily Chatham County. Bertha was far enough offshore so that it did not caused any significant damage. Estimated loss revenue and down time for local plants and factories was $2,000,000.
Event by event
8 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Bryan
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Bryan forecast zone
Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland Chatham
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Chatham forecast zone
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Chatham
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Chatham forecast zone
Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland Liberty
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Liberty forecast zone
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Liberty
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Liberty forecast zone
Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland McIntosh
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland McIntosh forecast zone
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal McIntosh
- When
- July 11, 10:00 PM EST to July 12, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal McIntosh forecast zone
What these are
- Hurricane (Typhoon)
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Alabama, July 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 11, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nevada, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, July 11, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in North Dakota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, July 11, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, July 1996The 1996 hurricane season
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: 5552053, 5552054, 5552055, 5552056, 5552057, 5552058, 5552059, 5552060.