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Cold/Wind Chill in Hart, Georgia

Cold/Wind Chill January 7, 1996 · Hart, Georgia

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A man died of hypothermia after the car in which he was a passenger went into the water near Hartwell Dam. He escaped the car and walked, apparently to seek help, toward the Ranger station. He was found later. It is not clear how the car ended up in the water. His companion, the driver, drowned. The water twmperature was reported to be about 48 degrees. the weather was windy and quite cold with freezing or near freezing temperatures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5537464. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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