Winter Storm in Coffee, Georgia

At 6 am on 1/22, the public measured 4.5 inches near the Coffee County High School about 1 mile south of Douglas. At 6:45 am, a Cooperative Observer measured 4 inches of snow in Pridgen. At 7 am, a CoCoRaHS observer about 3 miles WSW of Douglas measured 4.3 inches of snow. At 8 am, the public shared a photo via social media of 2.5 inches of snow measured in Nicholls.

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.