Winter Weather, Rabun
- When
- November 21, 12:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rabun forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.882, -83.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Georgia, November 21, 2008
Light snow showers began falling across the mountains of extreme northeast Georgia around midnight, and continued off and on through the overnight and morning hours. Total accumulations ranged from a trace to an inch.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 showers began falling across the mountains of extreme northeast Georgia around midnight, and continued off and on through the overnight and morning hours. Total accumulations ranged from a trace to an 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 Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 20, 9:29 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 20, 9:29 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 20, 3:12 PM EST, 8 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 312 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008 GAZ010-017-NCZ053-058-059-062>065-507-509-SCZ001>003-212015- RABUN-HABERSHAM-BUNCOMBE-GRAHAM-NORTHERN JACKSON-MACON- SOUTHERN JACKSON-TRANSYLVANIA-HENDERSON-RUTHERFORD MOUNTAINS- POLK MOUNTAINS-OCONEE MOUNTAINS-PICKENS MOUNTAINS- GREENVILLE MOUNTAINS- 312 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. GAZ018-026-028-029-SCZ004>014-019-212015- STEPHENS-FRANKLIN-HART-ELBERT-GREATER OCONEE-GREATER PICKENS- GREATER GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG-CHEROKEE-YORK-ANDERSON-ABBEVILLE- LAURENS-UNION SC-CHESTER-GREENWOOD- 312 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE WEATHER WATCH. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ035>037-056-057-068>072-082-502-504-506-508-510-212015- ALEXANDER-IREDELL-DAVIE-CATAWBA-ROWAN-CLEVELAND-LINCOLN-GASTON- MECKLENBURG-CABARRUS-UNION NC-GREATER CALDWELL-GREATER BURKE- EASTERN MCDOWELL-GREATER RUTHERFORD-EASTERN POLK- 312 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008 ...FIRE DANGER STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PIEDMONT NORTH CAROLINA AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FIRE DANGER STATEMENT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ033-048>052-212015- AVERY-MADISON-YANCEY-MITCHELL-SWAIN-HAYWOOD- 312 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. NCZ501-503-505-212015- CALDWELL MOUNTAINS-BURKE MOUNTAINS-MCDOWELL MOUNTAINS- 312 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NONE. 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
- Winter Weather in Delaware, November 21, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, November 21 to 22, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, November 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 21, 2008
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, November 21, 2008
- Heavy Rain in Hawaii, November 21 to 22, 2008
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, November 21, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, November 21 to 22, 2008
- Winter Storm in Vermont, November 21 to 22, 2008
- High Wind in Wyoming, November 21, 2008
More
Every storm in Georgia in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, November 2008
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 142070.