Winter Weather, Rabun
- When
- February 26, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Georgia, February 26, 2004
Light snow developed during the pre-dawn hours across extreme northeast Georgia. Up to 3 inches had accumulated by late morning.
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.
- 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
- 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.
Light snow developed during the pre-dawn hours across extreme northeast Georgia. Up to 3 inches had accumulated by late morning.
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 25, 9:55 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 9:55 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
955 PM EST WED FEB 25 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING THIS PACKAGE...
WAS ORIGINALLY A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE ETA...THINKING THAT THE
H8 LLVL JET WAS TOO STRONG AND THAT THE H8 LOW WAS TOO FAR N.
HOWEVER...THE 00 UTC ETA IS COMING IN W/AN EVEN TIGHTER SYSTEM EVEN
FARTHER N AND WITH A BETTER DEFORMATION ZONE. WITH DEEP RH AND AND A
DEEPER LAYER OF OMEGA (THOUGH STILL NOT A GREAT CROSS HAIR
SIGNATURE) WILL UPGRADE THE REST OF THE CWA TO A WARNING FOR TMRW.
IF THE ETA IS RIGHT...PCPN BEGINS IN EARNEST AT CLT RIGHT AROUND 12
UTC...SO WOULD RATHER HAVE THE WARNING OUT BEFORE MOST FOLKS GO TO
BED.
ITS ALSO INTERESTING THAT THE ETA IS LOOKING MORE LIKE THE
CANADIAN...AGAIN WITH A VERY NICE AND RATHER LONG LIVED DEFORMATION
ZONE OVER THE MTNS. WL NOT CHANGE CURRENT TOTALS..AND WL KEEP 3 TO 5
INCHES IN THE PIEDMONT AND ERN FOOTHILLS WHEN WE UPGRADE. LOOKS MORE
LIKE AN ALL SNOW PLAY CLT AND THE REST OF THE PIEDMONT...BUT THEY
MAY DRY SLOT A LITTLE MORE THAN LOCATIONS FARTHER TO THE WEST. OF
COURSE...IT WON/T TAKE MUCH FOR THEM TO END UP RIGHT UNDER THE HEART
OF THE DEFORMATION ZONE...AND TOTALS COULD BE HIGHER.
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE ZONES OR GRIDS OTHER THAN TO UP POPS A BIT
AND MAKE SOME OTHER MINOR TWEAKS.
CURRENT TRENDS ARE A BIT SLOWER...BUT A NICE PCPN BAND HAS DEVELOPED
ON OUR SE DOORSTEP. THIS REALLY IS NOT WHERE I WAS LOOKING FOR THE
WARM CONVEYOR BELT TO PUNCH IN FROM...AND STILL EXPECT BEST PCPN
AREA TO QUICKLY DEVELOP TO THE SW OF THE CWA AND INVADE AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.GSP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
GAZ010-017-018-026-028.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
GAZ029.
NC...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
NCZ033-034-048>055-058-059-062>068.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TOMORROW THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR NCZ035>0037-056-057-069>072-082.
SC...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
SCZ001>008-010.
WINTER STORM WARNING TOMORROW THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
FOR SCZ009-014.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR
SCZ011>013-019.
&&
MCAVOYHazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 5:54 AM EST, 22 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 554 AM EST WED FEB 25 2004 GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-251300- ABBEVILLE SC-ALEXANDER NC-ANDERSON SC-AVERY NC-BUNCOMBE NC-BURKE NC- CABARRUS NC-CALDWELL NC-CATAWBA NC-CHEROKEE SC-CHESTER SC- CLEVELAND NC-DAVIE NC-ELBERT GA-FRANKLIN GA-GASTON NC-GRAHAM NC- GREATER GREENVILLE SC-GREATER OCONEE SC-GREATER PICKENS SC- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS SC-GREENWOOD SC-HABERSHAM GA-HART GA-HAYWOOD NC- HENDERSON NC-IREDELL NC-LAURENS SC-LINCOLN NC-MACON NC-MADISON NC- MCDOWELL NC-MECKLENBURG NC-MITCHELL NC-NORTHERN JACKSON NC- OCONEE MOUNTAINS SC-PICKENS MOUNTAINS SC-POLK NC-RABUN GA-ROWAN NC- RUTHERFORD NC-SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-SPARTANBURG SC-STEPHENS GA- SWAIN NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YANCEY NC-YORK SC- 554 AM EST WED FEB 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA...AND EXTREME NORTHEAST GEORGIA. .DAY ONE... A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA...AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. PLEASE SEE CAEWSWGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE NON-MOUNTAIN PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE WESTERN PART OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE EASTERN UPSTATE AND THE NORTH CAROLINA FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT THURSDAY. SOME ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE CAESPSGSP FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RWH
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Habersham
- When
- February 26, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Habersham forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.631, -83.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Stephens
- When
- February 26, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Stephens forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.554, -83.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Franklin
- When
- February 26, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.375, -83.229 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Elbert
- When
- February 26, 4:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Elbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.117, -82.840 (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
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow in South Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2004
- Winter Storm in Georgia, February 26, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, February 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 26 to 29, 2004
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, February 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26, 2004
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, February 26 to 27, 2004
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 26, 2004
- Winter Weather in South Carolina, February 26, 2004
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 2004
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: 5388030, 5388031, 5388032, 5388033, 5388034.