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Winter Storm in Appling, Georgia

Winter Storm January 21, 2025 – January 22, 2025 · Appling, Georgia

What the National Weather Service wrote

About 2 to 4 inches of snow was reported across Appling county. At 8:45 am on 1/22, the public shared a photo of 2.6 inches of snow measured in Baxley. At the same time, the public shared a photo of 3.8 inches of snow measured in Surrency.

The wider storm

A rare winter storm impacted the southeast region as a surface low tracked eastward across the Gulf Coast region with cold air across the region. Snowfall of 3-5 inches impacted parts of SE GA roughly form Homerville to Jesup while a winter mix of sleet and freezing rain impacted locations south of Waycross and east toward the Golden Isles and Nassau County Florida. Ice accumulations caused major damage to trees, power lines and other utilities across the Golden Isles of SE GA and major traffic accidents along and near the Interstate 95 corridor from Glynn County GA to Nassau County FL. Sleet, patches of ice and some snow impacted the Sindey Lanier Bridge in Glynn County. The bridge was closed 1/22 and 1/23 due to falling ice from the high spans.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1226466. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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