Heat, Bulloch
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Bulloch forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.397, -81.743 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Georgia, August 1 to 31, 1999
S. High temperatures from the mid 90s to near 105 degrees combined with dewpoints from the mid 70s to low 80s to produce heat index values between 110 and 120 degrees in early August.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 17
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.
Oppressive heat and humidity gripped southeastern Georgia in August due to an area of upper level high pressure which stalled across the southern U.S. High temperatures from the mid 90s to near 105 degrees combined with dewpoints from the mid 70s to low 80s to produce heat index values between 110 and 120 degrees in early August.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Candler
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Candler forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.403, -82.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Coastal Bryan
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Bryan forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Coastal Chatham
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Chatham forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Coastal Liberty
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Liberty forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Coastal Liberty
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Liberty forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Coastal McIntosh
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal McIntosh forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Effingham
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Effingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Evans
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Evans forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.157, -81.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Inland Bryan
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Bryan forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Inland Chatham
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Chatham forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Inland Liberty
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Liberty forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Inland McIntosh
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland McIntosh forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat, Jenkins
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Jenkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.793, -81.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Long
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Long forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 31.753, -81.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Screven
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Screven forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.751, -81.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Tattnall
- When
- August 1, 12:01 AM EST to August 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tattnall forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.046, -82.058 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 1999
- Heat in Missouri, August 1 to 18, 1999
- Heat in Alabama, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1, 1999
- Heat in South Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
- Heat in Texas, August 1, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, August 1, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Florida, August 1 to 11, 1999
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 1 to 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, August 1999
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: 5711379, 5711380, 5711381, 5711382, 5711383, 5711384, 5711385, 5711386, 5711387, 5711388, 5711389, 5711390, 5711391, 5711392, 5711393, 5711394, 5711395.