Ice Storm, Habersham
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Georgia, February 1, 1999
Cold air wedged into northeast Georgia at the surface, caused precipitation to fall as freezing rain. The freezing rain accumulated to damaging levels in Habersham county where many trees and power lines fell.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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.
Cold air wedged into northeast Georgia at the surface, caused precipitation to fall as freezing rain. The freezing rain accumulated to damaging levels in Habersham county where many trees and power lines fell. Most of the damage was in Cornelia, but enough trees fell throughout the county to cause significant utility disruptions.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind and Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 13, 1999
- Flooding in Louisiana, February 1 to 11, 1999
- Flood in Texas, February 1 to 11, 1999
- Coastal Flood in Puerto Rico, February 1 to 3, 1999
- Flooding in Illinois, February 1 to 17, 1999
- Drought in Texas, February 1 to 28, 1999
- Drought in New Jersey, February 1 to 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, February 1, 1999
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 1, 1999
- High Surf in U.S. Virgin Islands, February 1 to 3, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, February 1 to 28, 1999
- Flooding in Kentucky, February 1 to 8, 1999
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 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: 5688692.