| Episode Narrative |
A deep upper trough was moving from the mid-south into the southeast U.S. An accompanying strong low pressure system was tracking eastward through the eastern Gulf of Mexico toward Florida. Moderately cold air covered the eastern U.S., but the air mass was not of Arctic origin. Mild surface temperatures in the 50s the previous day prevented much of north Georgia and all of central Georgia from seeing significant snow accumulations. Much of the night and very early morning hours of the 2nd, the precipitation fell as rain across north Georgia. However, as the surface low tracked into Florida during the early morning hours, colder air spread into north Georgia. This changed the precipitation north of Interstate-20 to snow around 4 am EDT. Because of the warm ground conditions, significant snow accumulations on the ground were brief, although significant amounts of snow fell in many north Georgia counties. The details of the average and maximum snowfall reports from north Georgia counties reporting snow during this event are provided below.
Banks county had an average of 2.5 inches of snow with amounts varying widely from from 4.0 inches north to 0.0 inches south.|Barrow county had an average of 1.5 inches of snow.|Bartow county had an average of 1.0 inches of snow.|Carroll county had an average of 1.0 inch of snow, with up to 2.0 inches of snow in the Temple area.|Catoosa county had an average of 2.0 inches of snow, with 4.3 inches in the Ringgold area.|Chattooga county had an average of 3.0 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 6.0 inches in the north to 1.0 inch in the south.|Cherokee county had an average of 3.5 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 3.0 inches in the west to 4.0 inches in the northeast. A report of 7.0 inches of snow was received from Canton.|Clarke county had an average of 0.5 inches of snow.|Clayton county had an average of less than 1.0 inch of snow. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the official observation point for Atlanta, recorded 1.1 inches of snow.|Cobb county had an average of 3.0 inches of snow.|Coweta county saw only a trace of snow.|Dade county had an average of 2.0 inches of snow, with 4.0 inches observed on Sand Mountain.|Dawson county had an average of 3.0 inches of snow, with up to 5.0 inches in the north part of the county.|DeKalb county had an average of 1.0 inch of snow, with 2.0 inches observed in the Decatur area.|Douglas county had an average of 1.5 inches of snow.|Fannin county had an average of 2.5 inches of snow, with up to 4.1 inches observed in the Blue Ridge area.|Fayette county saw only a trace of snow.|Floyd county had an average of 1.5 inches of snow, with amounts ranging from 1.0 inch west to 3.0 inches in the Rome area.|Forsyth county had an average of 3.0 inches of snow, with amounts varying widely from 6.0 inches north to just 1.0 inch in the south.|North Fulton county had an average of 1.0 inch of snow, with amounts varying from 1.7 inches in Alpharetta to less than 1.0 inch south of downtown.|Gilmer county had an average of 3.5 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 3.0 inches west to 4.0 inches east.|Gordon county had an average of 1.75 inches of snow with amounts varying from 1.5 inches west to 2.0 inches east.|Gwinnett county had an average of 0.75 inch of snow, but 2.0 inches was observed in Lilburn and Buford in the north part of the county.|Hall county had an average of 2.75 inches of snow, with up to 3.0 inches in the north part of the county.|Haralson county had an average of 2.0 inches of snow.|Jackson county had an average of 1.0 inche, with amounts varying from 1.5 inches northwest to 0.5 inches southeast.|Lumpkin county had an average of 4.0 inches of snow.|Madison county had an average of 1.25 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 1.5 inches north to 1.0 inch south.|Murray county had an average of 2.25 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 3.0 inches north to 1.5 inches south.|Oconee county saw an average of only 0.5 inch of snow.|Oglethorpe county saw an average of only 0.5 inch of snow.|Paulding county had an average of 3.5 inches of snow, with amounts up to 4.0 inches in the northeast part of the county.|Pickens county had an average of 4.0 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 3.0 inches in the south to 8.0 inches in the Burnt Mountain area in the northeast part of the county.|Polk county had an average of 3.5 inches of snow, with up to 4.0 inches in Cedartown.|Rockdale county saw only 0.25 to 0.50 inch of snow.|Towns county had an average of 2.5 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 1.0 inch in the west to 4.0 inches in the east.|Union county had an average of 3.0 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 1.5 inch west to 9.0 inches east.|Walker county had an average of 3.0 inches of snow, with up to 7.0 inches in some of the higher elevations.|White county had an average of 3.5 inches of snow, with amounts varying from 2.0 inches south to 4.0 inches north.|Whitfield county had an average of 2.5 inches of snow, with amounts varying from less than 1.5 inch south to 4.0 inches north. |
