Georgia, 2002

Winter Weather in Georgia, February 6, 2002

February 6, 2002 · NWS GSP · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

A light mixture of sleet, freezing rain, and a little snow created a few slick spots on roads - mainly on bridges and overpasses.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 light mixture of sleet, freezing rain, and a little snow created a few slick spots on roads - mainly on bridges and overpasses.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 5, 9:28 PM EST, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 9:28 PM EST, 6 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
928 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2002

SOLID OVERCAST CLOUD COVER MOVING OVER AREA PER SATELITTE IMAGERY.
AIR MASS QUITE DRY...BUT NOT AS DRY AS IN CURRENT FORECAST...WITH
DEW POINTS IN TEENS AND RISING. WIND LIGHT TO CALM. TEMPERATURES
RUNNING WELL ABOVE FORECAST FOR THIS TIME...AND WILL RAISE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES MOST LOCATIONS TO CAPTURE THIS TREND AND ACCOUNT FOR
CLOUD COVER. INDICATIONS ARE THAT PRECIPITAITON WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL
AT LEAST BEGINNING SECOND PERIOD...AND MAYBE LATER.

FCSTID = 7
GSP   30  44  37  44 /  10 100 100  90
AND   31  44  37  44 /  10 100 100  90
CLT   28  43  37  40 /   0  90 100 100
HKY   27  39  33  35 /   0  90 100  90
AVL   25  39  32  34 /  10 100 100  80

.GSP...
GA...NONE.
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Rabun

When
February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Rabun forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Habersham

When
February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Habersham forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Stephens

When
February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Stephens forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Franklin

When
February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Franklin forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hart

When
February 6, 4:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Hart forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
34.351, -82.964 (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

More

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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: 5283549, 5283550, 5283551, 5283634, 5283635.