Flood, Franklin
- When
- March 6, 8:30 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Georgia, March 6 to 7, 1996
4 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Stephens
- When
- March 6, 8:45 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hart
- When
- March 7, 8:30 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hart forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.351, -82.964 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Habersham
- When
- March 7, 9:00 AM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6 to 7, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, March 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: 5541422, 5541423, 5541424, 5541425.