Heavy Snow, Dade
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dade forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.855, -85.504 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Georgia, March 20 to 21, 1996
The first day of Spring saw snow falling in northern Georgia. A snow advisory was issued for an area north of a line from LaGrange to Griffin to Madison to Washington.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 FFC wrote it up.
The first day of Spring saw snow falling in northern Georgia. Amounts up to five inches fell in the northeast Georgia mountains.A snow advisory was issued for an area north of a line from LaGrange to Griffin to Madison to Washington. Up to one inch fell on grassy areas as areas far south as Atlanta. Numerous traffic accidents were reported, including a 15 car pile-up in the northern suburbs of Atlanta that killed one person.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Walker
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Walker forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.736, -85.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Catoosa
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Catoosa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.904, -85.138 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Whitfield
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Whitfield forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.806, -84.967 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Murray
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Murray forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.788, -84.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Fannin
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fannin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gilmer
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.691, -84.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Union
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.834, -83.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Towns
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Towns forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.917, -83.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Chattooga
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chattooga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.475, -85.345 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Gordon
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gordon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.503, -84.876 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Pickens
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pickens forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.464, -84.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Dawson
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.444, -84.171 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lumpkin
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lumpkin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.572, -84.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, White
- When
- March 20, 4:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- White forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Wisconsin, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 1996
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 20 to 23, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, March 20, 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: 5547829, 5547830, 5547831, 5547832, 5547833, 5547834, 5547835, 5547836, 5547837, 5547838, 5547839, 5547840, 5547841, 5547842, 5547843.