Georgia, 2006

Winter Weather in Georgia, February 12 to 13, 2006

February 12 to 13, 2006 · NWS FFC · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

Yet another round of light snow and snow showers tracked across north Georgia. While the snowfall overall was lighter than what occurred the previous day, the snow did extend further south with this event, including some of the northern counties of the Atlanta metropolitan area as temperatures were generally at or just below freezing across most of the area.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 15 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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
15

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 FFC wrote it up.

Yet another round of light snow and snow showers tracked across north Georgia. While the snowfall overall was lighter than what occurred the previous day, the snow did extend further south with this event, including some of the northern counties of the Atlanta metropolitan area as temperatures were generally at or just below freezing across most of the area. Light amounts of snow also continued again the next day with trace amounts of snow reported across Cobb, Fulton, and DeKalb counties during that event. The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that a family was stranded on Grassy Mountain in Murray county when several inches of snow fell in that area. However, overall snowfall reports from Murray county were less than one inch. Maximum snowfall amounts reported from several north Georgia counties included:Catoosa - Trace to 0.50 inchCherokee - Trace to 0.50 inchDade - <= 2.00 inchesFannin - Trace to 0.50 inchForsyth - Trace to 0.50 inchLumpkin - TraceMurray - Trace to 0.50 inch (an isolated report of 8 inches)Towns - Trace to 0.50 inchUnion - <= 1.00 inchWalker - 2.00 to 3.00 inchesWhite - Trace to 0.50 inchWhitfield - Trace to 0.50 inch

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 Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 11, 10:02 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

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The radar

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

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Event by event

15 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Catoosa

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Catoosa forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.904, -85.138 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Cherokee

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Cherokee forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.244, -84.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Dade

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Dade forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.855, -85.504 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Fannin

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Fannin forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.864, -84.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Forsyth

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Forsyth forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.226, -84.125 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lumpkin

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Lumpkin forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.572, -84.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Murray

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Murray forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.788, -84.748 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Towns

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Towns forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.917, -83.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Union

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Union forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.834, -83.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Walker

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Walker forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.736, -85.301 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, White

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
White forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.646, -83.747 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Whitfield

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to February 13, 6:00 AM EST
Where
Whitfield forecast zone
Reported by
GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates
34.806, -84.967 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Gilmer

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Gilmer forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
34.691, -84.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Pickens

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Pickens forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
34.464, -84.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Dawson

When
February 12, 12:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST
Where
Dawson forecast zone
Reported by
OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates
34.444, -84.171 (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

Every storm in Georgia in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 2006

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: 5490974, 5490975, 5490976, 5490977, 5490978, 5490979, 5490980, 5490981, 5491080, 5491081, 5491082, 5491083, 5491084, 5491085, 5491086.