S. from the 25th into the 26th.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 strong closed upper low was moving through the southeast U.S. from the 25th into the 26th. Widespread precipitation, mostly in the form of rain, accompanied this system. A surface low tracked along the northeast Gulf coast, with an occluded front moving from west to east across the southeast U.S. in association with the surface and upper low. A cold Arctic air mass was spilling into the central U.S. Enough of this cold air filtered into northwest Georgia for some snow to mix with the rain during the morning hours of the 26th. Accumulations were mostly on the order of a trace to a dusting, although up to 0.5 inch of snow accumulation was observed in the higher elevations of Walker county. Here is a sampling of snow accumulations reported from northwest Georgia.
Catoosa - only a trace of snow observed;|Dade - less than 0.50 inch of snow observed in the Sand Mountain area;|Fannin - only a few snow flurries observed;|Gilmer - only a few snow flurries observed;|Murray - less than 0.50 inch of snow in the higher elevations, little or none elsewhere;|Walker - 0.50 inch of snow in the higher elevations.
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 Jan 26, 3:58 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... LATEST ANALYSIS SHOWS THE SURFACE LOW OVER CENTRAL GA AND MOVING EASTWARD AS EXPECTED...AND STILL PROGGED BY MODELS TO PUSH ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON. MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GA LATER THIS MORNING AS THE UPPER LOW AND WRAP AROUND MOISTURE SWING ACROSS NORTH GA. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE COLD CORE UPPER LOW OVER NORTH MS AND WEST TN. REGIONAL OBSERVATIONS SHOW MOSTLY SNOW NOW FALLING ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF TN. THIS CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NW GA BY 6-8 AM...THEN SPREADING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GA THROUGH MID-LATE MORNING. STILL MUCH UNCERTAINTY ON ACCUMULATIONS AS SURFACE AND GROUND TEMPS SHOULD BE ABOVE FREEZING... SO MUCH MELTING IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER... IF CONVECTIVE BANDING CAN DEVELOP... DIABATIC PROCESSES WILL AID IN THE LOWERING OF SURFACE TEMPS INTO THE LOWER-MID 30S...AND COULD SUPPORT ACCUMULATING SNOW ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GA. THE GREATER THREAT FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 7AM AND 1PM TODAY... WITH MOISTURE PULLING OFF TO THE NE BY MID AFTERNOON. THERMAL PROFILES SUGGEST FLURRIES COULD BE SEEN IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA IF ENOUGH WRAP AROUND MOISTURE CAN EXTEND THAT FAR SOUTH...BUT NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. WILL CONTINUE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS POSTED FOR FAR NORTH GA THROUGH 6 PM BUT SUSPECT IT WOULD BE CANCELLED EARLY AS MODELS AGREE THE DEEPER MOISTURE LIFT OFF TO THE NE BY MID-LATE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE... EXPECT WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT AS A COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH. WIND SPEEDS APPEAR TO BE UNDER ADVISORY CRITERIA... BUT WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS CLOSELY. EXPECT CLEARING TONIGHT WITH DRY HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING IN OVER THE DEEP SOUTH THROUGH THURSDAY. A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES MIGHT SPREAD SOME CLOUDS OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT LACK OF MOISTURE WILL HINDER ANY CHANCE FOR RAIN. HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE COOLER MAV HIGHS FOR TODAY...THEN TOOK A MAV AND MET BLEND FOR LOWS TONIGHT AS WINDS STAY UP AND MAV LOOKED A BIT TOO COLD IN PLACES. SHOULD SEE NEAR NORMAL HIGHS BY FRIDAY AS THE AIR MASS MODERATES. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... A REINFORCING DRY FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE STATE ON SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER CANADIAN RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. EXPECTING DRY CONDITIONS AND COOLER THAN NORMAL LOWS AND NEAR NORMAL HIGHS FOR MUCH OF THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION... 06Z UPDATE... //ISSUED 1239 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011// SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA CONTINUES TO BRING LIFR CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. CIGS/VSBYS WILL STAY LOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AS THE LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST... THOUGH WE MAY SEE SOME BOUNCING UP AND DOWN BRIEFLY...WITH SLIGHTLY BETTER CONDITIONS IN THE SHOWERS THAT MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM EAST TO NORTHWEST SOMETIME AROUND SUNRISE...THEN SHOULD PICK UP IN SPEED WITH GUSTS TO 25KT EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. CLEARING CONDITIONS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS SUBSIDING TO 10KT OR LESS AFTER 00Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE... MEDIUM TO HIGH ON CIGS/VSBY...MEDIUM ON TIMING OF IMPROVING CONDITIONS. HIGH ON WIND SPEEDS...MEDIUM ON TIMING OF WIND SHIFT. TDP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 45 26 51 31 / 60 5 5 5 ATLANTA 43 26 48 34 / 60 0 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 40 24 45 29 / 70 20 5 10 CARTERSVILLE 40 25 49 30 / 60 0 5 5 COLUMBUS 45 28 54 33 / 20 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 42 26 48 32 / 70 5 5 5 MACON 47 28 53 30 / 30 0 5 5 ROME 40 26 50 28 / 60 0 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 43 25 51 28 / 50 0 5 5 VIDALIA 54 31 55 33 / 20 0 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...DADE...FANNIN...GILMER... MURRAY...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITFIELD. && 39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 520 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-261400- 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- 520 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... THE RAIN PUSHING ACROSS THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY TAPER TO DRIZZLE THIS EVENING. ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT TOWARD TOWARD DAYBREAK. MORE INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER EVENT IS CONTAINED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE LOUISIANA COAST WILL TRACK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH TONIGHT. A SECONDARY UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL THEN TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD INTO NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. ROADS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST GEORGIA IF THE SNOW CAN ACCUMULATE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC...COLD AIR WILL WRAP AROUND BEHIND THE SYSTEM. THIS COMBINED WITH LINGERING MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. AGAIN... FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS WINTER EVENT IS CONTAINED IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The Walker County 911 Center reported up to 0.50 inch of snow accumulation in the higher elevations.
The Murray County 911 Center reported less than 0.50 inch of snow accumulation in the higher elevations of the county.
The Dade County 911 Center reported less than 0.50 inch of snow in the Sand Mountain area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Georgia in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, January 2011
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: 281742, 281743, 281744.