Georgia, 2005

Ice Storm in Georgia, January 29, 2005

January 29, 2005 · NWS TAE · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 ice storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$15,000
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 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 Tallahassee, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 29, 2:04 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 2:04 AM EST, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 29, 4:52 AM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
452 AM EST SAT JAN 29 2005

ALZ065>069-FLZ007>019-026>029-034-GAZ120>131-142>148-155>161-301000-
BAKER GA-BAY FL-BEN HILL GA-BERRIEN GA-BROOKS GA-CALHOUN GA-
CALHOUN FL-CLAY GA-COASTAL WALTON FL-COFFEE AL-COLQUITT GA-COOK GA-
DALE AL-DECATUR GA-DIXIE FL-DOUGHERTY GA-EARLY GA-FRANKLIN FL-
GADSDEN FL-GENEVA AL-GRADY GA-GULF FL-HENRY AL-HOLMES FL-HOUSTON AL-
INLAND WALTON FL-IRWIN GA-JACKSON FL-JEFFERSON FL-LAFAYETTE FL-
LANIER GA-LEE GA-LEON FL-LIBERTY FL-LOWNDES GA-MADISON FL-MILLER GA-
MITCHELL GA-QUITMAN GA-RANDOLPH GA-SEMINOLE GA-TAYLOR FL-TERRELL GA-
THOMAS GA-TIFT GA-TURNER GA-WAKULLA FL-WASHINGTON FL-WORTH GA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABBEVILLE...ADEL...ALBANY...APALACHICOLA...
ASHBURN...BAINBRIDGE...BLAKELY...BLOUNTSTOWN...BONIFAY...CAIRO...
CALLAWAY...CAMILLA...CARRABELLE...CHIPLEY...COLQUITT...COTTONWOOD...
CRAWFORDVILLE...CROSS CITY...CUTHBERT...DALEVILLE...DAWSON...
DE FUNIAK SPRINGS...DONALSONVILLE...DOWNTOWN DOTHAN...ELBA...
ENTERPRISE...FITZGERALD...FORT GAINES...FORT RUCKER...GENEVA...
GEORGETOWN...HEADLAND...LAKELAND...LEESBURG...MADISON...MARIANNA...
MAYO...MONTICELLO...MORGAN...MOULTRIE...NASHVILLE...NEWTON...
OCILLA...OZARK...PANAMA CITY...PANAMA CITY BEACH...PELHAM...PERRY...
PORT ST. JOE...PUTNEY...QUITMAN...SANTA ROSA BEACH...ST. MARKS...
STEINHATCHEE...SYLVESTER...TALLAHASSEE...THOMASVILLE...TIFTON...
VALDOSTA AND VERNON
452 AM EST SAT JAN 29 2005

THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL
GEORGIA...THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A SURFACE LOW MOVING EAST AND A WARM FRONT MOVING OVER THE PANHANDLE
WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR RAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING. SOME PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL GEORGIA MAY SEE
RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET THIS MORNING...BUT AS
TEMPERATURES RISE BY MID-MORNING...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME
ONLY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES EAST OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...AN
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS
WILL CLEAR THE RAIN AND SKIES TOWARDS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ONLY SLIGHT
CHANCES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED TOWARDS THE MIDDLE AND END OF NEXT WEEK
AS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEMS MOVE OVERHEAD.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY...AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL
NOT BE REQUIRED.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE VIA OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TLH/ OR
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TELEVISION OR RADIO STATIONS.

23-MCNATT

The radar

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Event by event

4 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Ice Storm, Irwin

When
January 29, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Irwin forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.602, -83.276 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A quarter inch of ice accumulated from freezing rain downed some tree limbs and power lines. Reported by the public.

Ice Storm, Ben Hill

When
January 29, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Ben Hill forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.760, -83.220 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A quarter inch of ice accumulated from freezing rain downed some tree limbs and power lines. Reported by Ben Hill County 911.

Ice Storm, Turner

When
January 29, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Turner forecast zone
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.716, -83.624 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A quarter inch of ice accumulated from freezing rain downed some tree limbs and power lines. Some county roads partially blocked. Reported by Turner County 911.

Ice Storm, Lee

When
January 29, 7:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
Where
Lee forecast zone
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.780, -84.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A quarter inch of ice accumulated from freezing rain downed some tree limbs and power lines. Several county roads were partially blocked. Reported by county 911 operators.

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

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: 5436076, 5436077, 5436078, 5436079.