Sleet, Franklin
- When
- January 31, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet in Georgia, January 31, 1999
Unusually strong arctic high pressure centered over New England again ushered a very cold and dry airmass into northeast Georgia ahead of a storm system moving east across the Gulf Coast States. The cold air was deep enough this time, allowing precipitation to fall as a mixture of snow and sleet.
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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GSP wrote it up.
Unusually strong arctic high pressure centered over New England again ushered a very cold and dry airmass into northeast Georgia ahead of a storm system moving east across the Gulf Coast States. The cold air was deep enough this time, allowing precipitation to fall as a mixture of snow and sleet. Accumulations of 1 to 3 inches occurred before the precipitation ended late in the evening.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet, Habersham
- When
- January 31, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Rabun
- When
- January 31, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Stephens
- When
- January 31, 12:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Sleet
- Sleet accumulating half an inch or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Flood in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Texas, January 31, 1999
- High Wind in Tennessee, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, January 31, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, January 31, 1999
- Sleet in North Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Sleet in South Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, January 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: 5680769, 5680770, 5680771, 5680772.