A winter storm spread snow and sleet across the northern Midlands and Pee Dee region. The snow only last a few hours before changing to rain which washed the snow away.
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The episode as NWS CAE wrote it up.
A winter storm spread snow and sleet across the northern Midlands and Pee Dee region. The snow only last a few hours before changing to rain which washed the snow away. Accumulations of 1 to 3 inches occurred in the Lancaster area with 1 to 2 inches elsewhere in the north Midlands and Chesterfield areas.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter storm, 3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A mixture of sleet and snow fell over the northern half of the county with around a half inch of accumulation in the Chapin area before changing to rain.
TV station and public reported sleet and snow across the northern third of the county with around a 1/4 inch accumulation in the Blythewood area before changing to rain.
Public reported around 2 inches of snow on the ground before the snow changed to rain over northern portions of the county. One to two inches fell elsewhere.
Public reported around 2 inches of snow on the ground across northern Chesterfield county before the snow changed to rain. Around an inch of snow fell elsewhere.
Public reported around 2 inches of snow fell in the Whitmire area with up to an inch elsewhere before the snow changed to rain.
COOP observer reported up to a half an inch of snow fell before turning to rain.
Public reported around 1.5 inches of snow on the ground over northern portions of the county before the snow changed to rain. Up to an inch fell elsewhere before the snow changed to rain.
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