Winter Storm in Jeff Davis, Georgia

At 5 am on 1/22, Jeff Davis emergency management measured 5 inches of snow at a couple locations across the city of Hazlehurst. At 6 am, emergency management measured 4 inches of snow off of Highway 341 outside of Hazlehurst. At 8:38 am, the public shared an image via social media of storm total snowfall of 2.7 inches in Hazlehurst.

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.