S. from the 25th through the 26th.
Every event with a place to put it; 69 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A deep closed upper low was rotating through the eastern and southeastern U.S. from the 25th through the 26th. Ample Gulf moisture was present across the region in advance of the upper trough to support widespread light to moderate rain. Sufficient residual cold air was present in advance of this system that rain quickly changed over to snow across north Georgia with dynamic cooling and additional cold air spreading southward as the attendant surface low moved from the eastern Gulf coastal region during the afternoon of the 25th to off the South Carolina/North Carolina coast by the morning of the 26th. This system later produced a major blizzard in the northeastern U.S. Snowfall of six to eight inches was common across many north Georgia counties, with snowfall of three to four inches common across the north Atlanta metropolitan counties and one to two inches across the south Atlanta metropolitan counties. Only a trace to one-half inch of snowfall was reported further south toward Columbus and Macon, where snow fell only briefly at the end of the precipitation event. Snow lingered in east central Georgia counties on the 26th as the surface deepened off the South Carolina/North Carolina coast. Snow showers and flurries lingered across much of north Georgia and even the northern parts of central Georgia on the 26th as temperatures struggled to even rise above freezing across north Georgia. For Atlanta, this was the first measurable snowfall on Christmas day since 1881. In addition, the 1.3 inches of snowfall that fell at the Atlanta airport before midnight on the 26th was just shy of the 1881 record of 1.6 inches of snowfall for Christmas day. The snowfall fell at a very busy travel time and combined with the subsequent blizzard in the northeastern U.S., caused significant disruptions to air travel at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport for several days.
The following is a summary of the snowfall amounts received from counties within the Peachtree City, Georgia forecast area
Baldwin county - average of 1.0 inch, with only 0.5 inch in the southern part of the county;|Banks county - average of 4.0 inches;|Barrow county - average of 3.0 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 4.0 inches. 4.0 inches reported from both Statham and Winder;|Bartow county - average of 2.5 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 3.0 inches;|Bibb county - only trace amounts reported;|Butts county - average of 0.5 inch;|Carroll county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 3.0 inches;|Catoosa county - average of 5.0 inches, with up to 6.0 inches around Ringgold;|Chattooga county - average of 4.0 inches, except 2.5 inches or less in the Lyerly area;|Cherokee county - average of 2.5 inches, with a range of 2.0 inches in Canton to 3.5 inches in Woodstock;|Clarke county - average of 2.5 inches, with a range of less than 1.0 inch in Winterville to 3.0 inches in much of Athens;|Clayton county - average of 1.5 inches (just shy of the record snowfall amount for Christmas in Atlanta of 1.6 inches;|Cobb county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 1.0 inches in Mableton to 2.7 inches in the far northeast part of the county, northeast of Marietta;|Coweta county - average of 1.0 inch;|Dade county - up to 6.0 inches in the mountain areas;|Dawson county - average of 4.0 inches, with a range of 3.0 to 4.0 inches;|DeKalb county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 1.0 to 2.0 inches;|Douglas county - average of 1.5 inches, with up to 2.0 inches on the north side of Douglasville;|Fannin county - widespread 5.0 to 6.0 inches throughout the county;|Fayette county - average of 1.5 inches, with up to 2.0 inches in Fayetteville;|Floyd county - widespread 2.0 to 3.0 inches, with a range of 1.0 inch in Curryville to 3.0 inches in Rome;|Forsyth county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 1.5 to 3.0 inches;|Fulton county - average of 2.0 inches, with amounts as low as 1.0 inch in the west central part of the county;|Gilmer county - average of 5.0 inches, with a range of 4.0 inches in the lower elevations to 7.0 inches around Cherry Log;|Green county - average of 3.5 inches, with a range of 3.0 to 4.0 inches;|Glascock county - average of 0.5 inch;|Gwinnett county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 1.4 inches in Lawrenceviille to 2.1 inches just southeast of Dacula;|Gordon county - average of 3.0 inches;|Hall county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 1.0 to 3.0 inches;|Hancock county - average of 1.5 inch, with a range of 0.5 to 1.75 inches;|Haralson county - average of 2.0 inches;|Heard county - average of 1.0 inches, with a range of 0.5 to 1.0 inch;|Henry county - average of 1.0 inch;|Jackson county - average of 3.0 inches,with a range of 1.7 inches in Nicholson to 4.0 inches in Jefferson;|Johnson county - less than 0.5 inch of snow;|Jones county - average of 0.5 inch, with only trace amounts in the southern part of the county;|Jasper county - average of 0.5 inch;|Jefferson county - only trace amounts;|Lamar county - average of 0.5 inch;|Lumpkin county - average of 4.0 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 4.0 inches across the southern part of the county up to 6.0 inches at Camp Merrill in the northwest part of the county;|Madison county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 1.8 inches in the far southwest part of the county to 3.1 inches in Danielsville;|Meriwether county - average of 1.0 inch;|Monroe county - average of less than 0.5 inch;|Morgan county - average of 2.5 inches, with up to 3.0 inches in some areas;|Murray county - average of 4.0 inches, with a range of 3.0 inches in the lower elevations to 7.0 inches of snow at Fort Mountain State Park;|Muscogee county - only trace amounts reported;|Newton county - average of 1.0 inch;|Oconee county - an average of 2.5 inches, with a range of 2.0 inches in Bishop to 3.0 inches in Bogart;|Oglethorpe county - an average of 3.0 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 4.0 inches; |Paulding county - average of 3.5 inches, with a range of 3.0 inches north of Dallas to 4.0 inches in Dallas;|Pickens county - average of 3.0 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 4.0 inches;|Pike county - average of 0.5 inch;|Polk county - average of 2.5 inches, with a range of 2.0 to 3.0 inches;|Putnam county - average of 0.5 inch;|Spalding county - average of 1.0 inch;|Talbot county - only trace amounts reported;|Taliaferro county - average of 3.5 inches, with a range of 3.0 to 4.0 inches;|Taylor county - only trace amounts reported;|Towns county - widespread 5.0 to 6.0 inches of snow across the county;|Union county - average of 6.0 inches, with a range of 4.5 inches east of Blairsville to 7.0 inches in Suches.|Treutlen county - less than 0.5 inch on grassy surfaces;|Troup county - average of 1.0 inch, with less than 1.0 inch in the southern part of the county;|Upson county - average of less than 0.5 inch, with 0.5 inch in the northern part of the county;|Walker county - average of 5.0 inches, except only 4.0 inches in the lower elevations;|Walton county - average of 1.6 inches;|Warren county - average of 2.0 inches, with a range of 0.5 in the far southeast to 4.0 inches in the extreme north;|Washington county - average of 0.5 inch, with a range of a trace in the south to near 1.0 inch in the north;|White county - average of 2.5 inches, with a range of 2.0 inches at Cleveland to 3.0 inches in Helen;|Whitfield county - average of 3.5 inches, with up to 4.0 inches of snow around Cohutta;|Wilkes county - average of 3.0 inches, with a range of 1.5 to 4.0 inches.
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 Dec 25, 6:30 AM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/... STILL VERY TRICKY FORECAST AS THE COLD AIR AND PRECIP FIELD TO THE NORTH HAS NOT MADE MUCH PROGRESS SOUTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING NORTHERN GULF LOW...CURRENTLY ANALYZED ALONG THE LA COAST. REGIONAL OBS INDICATE THIS SYSTEM IS BRINGING SOME WARMER SURFACE AIR WITH IT...WHICH SHOULD HELP BRING AREA FREEZING TEMPS THIS MORNING BACK ABOVE FREEZING SOMETIME BY MID MORNING. THIS WOULD HINDER ANY SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM OCCURRING DURING THE DAY...ALTHOUGH STILL EXPECTING 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GA TODAY AS THE PRECIP MOVES IN DURING THE COLDER MORNING HOURS. SOUNDING PROFILES STILL SUGGEST THE PRECIP WILL FALL MAINLY AS SNOW DURING THE DAY FROM ATLANTA AREA NORTHWARD...WITH A MIX AND/OR JUST RAIN FURTHER SOUTH. THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE FROM MID EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY AS AMPLE WRAP AROUND MOISTURE GETS PUMPED OVER THE FREEZING TEMPS THAT QUICKLY SPREAD SOUTHWARD BEHIND THE DEPARTING SURFACE LOW... THAT IS ALSO NOW QUICKLY DEEPENING JUST OFF THE GA AND CAROLINA COASTS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WOULD SERVE TO SPREAD DEEPER WRAP AROUND MOISTURE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN HALF...WHILE SURFACE TEMPS ARE THEIR COLDEST. THIS COUPLED WITH THE ICY ROAD THREAT FROM WET ROADS FREEZING OVERNIGHT HAS WARRANTED EXTENDING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FURTHER SOUTH TO INCLUDE THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS...AND EXTENDING ITS DURATION THROUGH 1 PM SUNDAY. AS FOR ACCUMULATIONS... STILL EXPECTING FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS NORTH GA...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER NE GA... WHERE THE GREATER WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SHOULD BE REALIZED. COULD SEE AROUND 1 INCH FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A NEWNAN TO MADISON TO WASHINGTON LINE WHERE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE EVENING HOURS ARE POSSIBLE...THEN AGAIN WITH THE WRAP AROUND THREAT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. ONCE AGAIN...THIS COUPLED WITH THE ICY ROAD THREAT HAS WARRANTED EXTENDING THE ADVISORY FURTHER SOUTH AND ITS DURATION TO 1 PM ON SUNDAY SINCE TEMPS WILL BE SLOW TO WARM ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH FLURRIES REMAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS NE GA... THE WINTRY THREAT ENDS SUNDAY EVENING AS THE DEEPER MOISTURE EXITS EAST. PATCHY ICE ON ROADWAYS STILL A POSSIBLE THREAT SUNDAY NIGHT-MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST. OTHERWISE COLD HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER THE STATE SUNDAY- MONDAY BEHIND THE EXITING SYSTEM. DECIDED TO GO MUCH COOLER THAN GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TODAY AS CLOUDS MOVE IN OVER THE MORNING LOWS AND ACT AS A COOLER LID... HOLDER THE COLD AIR IN PLACE. .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE SOUTHEAST INTO MID WEEK...THEN SHIFTS EAST AND ESTABLISHES A WARM SOUTHERLY FLOW BY THURSDAY. GFS AND ECMWF ARE BRINGING SHOWERS IN ON THURSDAY... BUT SUSPECT THIS IS A BIT EARLY SINCE BOTH SHOW A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL IN THE PLAINS AT THAT TIME. LOW PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PUSH INTO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON FRIDAY... WARRANTING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY END WEEK. && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST TRENDS. VFR THROUGH 19Z TO 20Z ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AFTER 20Z AS LOWER LEVELS SATURATE. IFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AROUND 00Z. RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA AFTER 15Z...MIXED WITH SOME SLEET OR SNOW AT TIMES BY 20Z WITH CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND 00Z. WINDS REMAIN WEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THE PERIOD...8KTS OR LESS THROUGH 00Z...INCREASING TO 12KTS TO 15KTS BY 06Z WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FOR CENTRAL GEORGIA VFR CONDITIONS...BECOMING MVFR BETWEEN 20Z AND 22Z...AND EVENTUALLY IFR AFTER 02Z. PRECIPITATION MOVING IN BETWEEN 18Z AND 20Z AS RAIN...MIXING WITH SOME SNOW AFTER 03Z. WINDS WEST TO NORTHWEST 8KTS OR LESS THROUGH 03Z...INCREASING TO 10KTS TO 12KTS BY 06Z WITH HIGHER GUSTS. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 40 29 34 18 / 100 70 50 10 ATLANTA 38 24 33 19 / 100 60 30 5 BLAIRSVILLE 32 24 30 18 / 100 60 50 20 CARTERSVILLE 35 25 33 20 / 100 50 30 5 COLUMBUS 44 26 36 22 / 100 60 20 5 GAINESVILLE 36 27 32 20 / 100 70 40 10 MACON 47 29 37 21 / 80 80 30 5 ROME 35 23 35 19 / 90 50 30 10 PEACHTREE CITY 39 25 35 19 / 100 60 30 5 VIDALIA 55 35 39 25 / 60 90 20 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA... CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...DADE...DAWSON... DEKALB...DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER... GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HEARD...HENRY... JACKSON...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MORGAN...MURRAY...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK... ROCKDALE...SOUTH FULTON...TALIAFERRO...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER... WALTON...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILKES. && 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 612 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261200- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 612 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING SOUTH OF CANADA WILL SPREAD A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS OVER THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA AND SPREAD GULF MOISTURE OVER THE INVADING COLD AIR. AS A RESULT...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR PATCHY ICE ON BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... MAKING ROAD CONDITIONS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS AT TIMES. .DISCUSSION... A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD FROM NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATER THREAT OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A ROME TO GAINESVILLE LINE WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ISOLATED GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE ATLANTA AND ATHENS AREAS...WHERE POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE... MAINLY FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING WHEN TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING. AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A NEWNAN TO MADISON TO WASHINGTON LINE... THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AS RAIN...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW OR SLEET. A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON GRASSY AREAS TONIGHT. FOR A MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT... PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY /ATLWSWFFC/ AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT /ATLSPSFFC/ ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LIGHT SNOW AND SLICK ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN A THREAT ON SUNDAY... MAINLY NORTH AND EAST. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF WINTRY WEATHER.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 520 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 GAZ056-058>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113-252300- SPALDING-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE- UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON- HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON- EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON- BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP- PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS- 520 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY FOR MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHERN GULF... WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TODAY AND STRENGTHEN ALONG THE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL DROP OUT OF CANADA AND BEGIN TO SPREAD MUCH COLDER AIR OVER THE STATE THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN SPREADING MOISTURE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING... THEN SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THIS AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE MOSTLY RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...THEN CHANGE TO A RAIN AND SNOW MIX OR MOSTLY SNOW LATER THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT AS THE COLDER AIR SPREADS SOUTHWARD. AT THIS TIME...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A NEWNAN TO MADISON TO WASHINGTON LINE WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THIS LINE WHERE A DUSTING ON MAINLY GRASSY SURFACES IS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE ICY ROADS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND WATER OR SLUSH ON ROADWAYS FREEZE... CAUSING SLICK SPOTS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA OVER THE CHRISTMAS WEEKEND SHOULD KEEP ABREAST TO THE LATEST FORECAST.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
42 heavy snow, 27 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The Dade County Emergency Management Director reported up to 6.0 inches of snow in the mountains of Dade county.
The Chattooga County 911 Center reported widespread snowfall across the county ranging from 2.5 inches in Lyerly to 4.0 inches in the higher elevations near Summerville.
The Walker County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 5.0 inches across the county, although only 4.0 inches was noted in the lower elevations.
The Catoosa County 911 Center reported widespread snowfall of 5.0 inches across the county, with up to 6.0 inches around Ringgold.
The Gilmer County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 5.0 inches across the county, with a range of 4.0 inches in the lower elevations to 7.0 inches around Cherry Log.
The Murray County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 4.0 inches across the county, with a range of 3.0 inches in the lower elevations to as much as 7.0 inches in the southeast part of the county at Fort Mountain State Park.
The Towns County 911 Center reported widespread snowfall of 5.0 to 6.0 inches across the county.
The Union County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 6.0 inches across the county, with a range of 4.5 inches east of Blairsville to 7.0 inches in Suches.
The Whitfield County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.5 inches across the county, with up to 4.0 inches around Cohutta.
The Bartow County 911 Center reported widespread snowfall of 2.0 to 3.0 inches across the county.
The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported widespread snowfall of 2.0 to 3.0 inches across the county, with 3.5 inches in the Woodstock area.
The Fannin County 911 Center reported an average snowfall of 5.5 inches across the county, with amounts ranging from 5.0 to 6.0 inches.
The Gordon County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.0 inches across the county.
The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 4.0 inches across the county, with a range of 2.0 to 4.0 inches across the southern part of the county to 6.0 inches at Camp Merrill in the northwest part of the county.
The Pickens County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.0 inches, with a range of 2.0 inches to 4.0 inches.
The Floyd County 911 Center reported widespread snowfall of 2.0 to 3.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.0 inch in Curryville to 3.0 inches in Rome.
The Dawson County 911 Center reported an average of 4.0 inches of snow across the county, with a range of 3.0 to 4.0 inches.
The Polk County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.5 inches across the county, with a range of 2.0 to 3.0 inches.
The White County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.5 inches across the county, with a range of 2.0 inches in Cleveland to 3.0 inches in Helen.
The Banks County Emergency Management Director reported widespread snowfall of 4.0 inches across the county.
The Forsyth County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.5 to 3.0 inches.
The Hall County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the county with a range of 1.0 to 3.0 inches.
The Carroll County Emergency Management Director reported widespread snowfall of 2.0 to 3.0 inches of snowfall across the county.
The Fulton County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the northern part of the county.
The Haralson County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the county.
The Paulding County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.5 inches across the county, with a range of 3.0 inches north of Dallas to 4.0 inches in Dallas.
The Barrow County 911 Center reported widespread snowfall of 2.0 to 4.0 inches across the county, with 4.0 inches in both Statham and Winder.
The Cobb County 911 Center reported an average of 2.0 inches of snow across the county, with amounts ranging from 1.0 inch in Mableton to 2.7 inches in the far northeast part of the county northeast of Marietta.
The DeKalb County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.0 to 2.0 inches.
The Douglas County 911 Center reported an average of 1.5 inches of snow across the county, with 2.0 inches across the far northern part of the county.
The Gwinnett County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.4 inches in Lawrenceville to 2.1 inches just southeast of Dacula.
The observer at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport observed 1.3 inches of snowfall by midnight on the 25th. Snowfall of 1.0 to 1.5 inches was common across the county.
The Fulton County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.5 inches across the southern part of the county.
The Coweta County 911 Center reported an average of 1.0 inch of snow across the county.
The Heard County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.0 inch across the county, with a range of 0.5 to 1.0 inch.
The Jackson County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.7 inches in Nicholson to 4.0 inches in Jefferson.
The Walton County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.6 inches across the county.
The Fayette County 911 Center reported 2.0 inches of snow in Fayetteville. Snowfall measurements at the National Weather Service in the southwest part of the county were 1.5 inches, which was a more common amount across the county.
The Henry County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.0 inch across the county.
The Meriwether County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.0 inch across the county.
The Clarke County 911 Center reported widespread 2.0 to 3.0 inches of snow across the county, with a range of 1.0 inch in Winterville to 3.0 inches throughout much of Athens.
The Newton County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.0 inch across the county.
The Pike County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county.
The Spalding County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.0 inch across the county.
The Greene County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.5 inches across the county, with a range of 3.0 to 4.0 inches.
The Taliaferro County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.5 inches across the county, with a range of 3.0 to 4.0 inches.
The Butts County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county.
The Lamar County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county.
The Madison County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.8 inches in the far southwest part of the county to 3.1 inches in Danielsville.
The Morgan County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.5 inches across the county, with up to 3.0 inches in some parts.
The Oconee County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 2.5 inches across the county, with a range of 2.0 inches in Bishop to 3.0 inches in Bogart.
The Oglethorpe County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.0 inches across the county, with a range of 2.0 to 4.0 inches.
The Troup County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 1.0 inch across the county, with less than 1.0 inch in the southern part of the county.
The Baldwin County 911 Center reported that snowfall around the county averaged about 1.0 inch, with only 0.5 inch in the southern part of the county.
The Glascock County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county, with up to 1.0 inch in the far northern part of the county.
The Hancock County 911 Center reported average snowfall across the county of 1.5 inches, with a range of 0.5 to 1.75 inches.
The Jones County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county, with only trace amounts in the far southern part of the county.
The Jasper County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county.
The Monroe County 911 Center reported average snowfall of less than 0.5 inch across the county.
The Muscogee County 911 Center reported only trace amounts of snow throughout mainly the northern part of the county.
The Putnam County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch across the county.
The Talbot County 911 Center reported only trace amounts of snow across the county.
The Taylor County 911 Center reported only trace amounts of snowfall across the northern part of the county.
The Upson County 911 Center reported average snowfall across the county of less than 0.5 inch, with around 0.5 inch in the northern part of the county.
The Warren County 911 Center reported average snowfall across the county of 2.0 inches, with a range of 0.5 inch in the far southern part of the county to 4.0 inches in the extreme north.
The Washington County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 0.5 inch, with a range of only a trace in the southern part of the county to near 1.0 inch in the north.
The Wilkes County 911 Center reported average snowfall of 3.0 inches across the county, with a range of 1.5 to 4.0 inches.
The Jefferson County 911 Center reported only trace amounts of snowfall across the county.
The Johnson County Emergency Management Director reported a light dusting of snow on grassy surfaces.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, December 2010
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: 274391, 274405, 275171, 274404, 275131, 275153, 275167, 275168, 275176, 274401, 274406, 275127, 275138, 275148, 275159, 275129, 275124, 275161, 275175, 274399, 275130, 275139, 274403, 275135, 275141, 275158, 274400, 275122, 275125, 275126, 275133, 274408, 275136, 275123, 275142, 275143, 275172, 275128, 275134, 275150, and more.