Winter Weather, Habersham
- When
- December 8, 11:00 AM EST to December 9, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Georgia, December 8 to 9, 1997
A mix of snow and sleet became mostly sleet and freezing rain during the day, then ended during the early morning of the 9th. A thin coating of ice covered many roads as well as trees and power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 mix of snow and sleet became mostly sleet and freezing rain during the day, then ended during the early morning of the 9th. A thin coating of ice covered many roads as well as trees and power lines. Roads were very slick during the evening.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Rabun
- When
- December 8, 11:00 AM EST to December 9, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 8 to 11, 1997
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, December 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 8 to 10, 1997
- Tornado in California, December 8, 1997
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, December 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, December 8, 1997
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 8, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, December 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, December 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, December 8 to 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, December 1997
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: 5624917, 5624918.