Winter Weather, Habersham
- When
- February 6, 4:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Georgia, February 6, 2003
Light snow fell during the late afternoon and evening, and was mixed at times with sleet and freezing rain. Accumulations generally ranged from 1 to 2 inches.
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.
Light snow fell during the late afternoon and evening, and was mixed at times with sleet and freezing rain. Accumulations generally ranged from 1 to 2 inches.
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 6, 3:29 PM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 3:29 PM EST, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 329 PM EST THU FEB 6 2003 CURRENT ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. PRECIP HAS FINALLY MANAGED TO OVERCOME VERY DRY LOW LEVEL AIR AND MAKE ITS WAY TO THE SURFACE JUST IN THE PAST HOUR OR TWO. EXPECT PRECIP TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING...AS ISENTROPIC LIFT CONTINUES TO INCREASE. MOISTURE AND LIFT ARE MAXIMIZED BETWEEN 00 AND 06Z...AND WILL ADVERTISE CATEGORICAL POPS IN ALL LOCATIONS IN THIS TIME SPAN. PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND SHOULD END IN ALL AREAS BY 12Z...EXCEPT PERHAPS FOR SOME UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE TENN LINE DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. P-TYPE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE QUITE A MESS...WITH A MIX OF SLEET... RAIN...AND PERHAPS SOME SNOW EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH CHARLOTTE METRO...AND MAINLY SNOW FROM THE NC MNTNS THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. SNOW HAS ALREADY BEGUN ACCUMULATING IN THE NC MOUNTAINS...AND WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OCCURRING BETWEEN 00 AND 06Z...WILL ADVERTISE 2-4 ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...AND 3 TO 6 NORTH. AS WARMING ALOFT COMMENCES...EXPECT A TRANSITION BY MIDNIGHT TO ALL RAIN SOUTHERN HALF...AND A MIXED BAG NORTHERN HALF. WITH WARM NOSE BECOMING ESTABLISHED...ANY PRECIP FALLING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE SHOULD BE LIQUID ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA. QUESTION THEN BECOMES WHETHER OR NOT THE RAIN WILL BE OF THE FREEZING VARIETY. AM CONCERNED THAT PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST NC PIEDMONT COULD FALL BELOW FREEZING...AS NORTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO ADVECT COOL DRY SURFACE AIR INTO THE AREA...AND WE WILL MENTION THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AFTER TONIGHT...FAIRLY UNEVENTFUL WEATHER EXPECTED UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT...WHEN A FAIRLY VIGOROUS SW TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW TO THE AREA. THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE DRY NORTHWEST FLOW THROUGH A DEEP LAYER. FCSTID = 4 GSP 36 50 29 48 / 100 10 0 0 AND 36 50 29 48 / 100 10 0 0 CLT 35 50 27 47 / 100 10 0 0 HKY 32 47 27 43 / 100 10 0 0 AVL 31 41 20 40 / 100 10 10 0 .GSP... GA... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES GAZ010...GAZ017. NC... WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ZONES NCZ033...NCZ049>050. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR ZONES NCZ048... NCZ051>052...NCZ058. WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ053...NCZ059... NCZ062>065. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ034>037... NCZ054>057. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES NCZ066>067. SC... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES SCZ001>003. LANE
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 5:00 AM EST, 11 hours before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-061200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 500 AM EST THU FEB 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA...WHERE AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THE REST OF THE AREA CAN EXPECT SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN TODAY...WITH LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION...CHANGING TO RAIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FRIDAY FOR THE TENNESSEE BORDER COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINAS FROM AVERY COUNTY TO GRAHAM COUNTY...WHERE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 07
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 6, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Weather in Georgia, February 6, 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Storm in Virginia, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, February 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 6, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, February 6, 2003
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 2003
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: 5345060.