Winter Storm — Inland Camden, Georgia

2025-01-21 to 2025-01-22 · Inland Camden, Georgia

Event narrative

At 4:19 am 1/22, Camden County Emergency Management reported at least 2,600 without power across the county with multiple electrical lines down. Roads were slushy with ice, sleet and some snow. At 6:30 am, poweroutage.us reported about 30% (8,500 outages) of utility customers across the county were without power. The morning of 1/22, Interstate 95 at the Glynn-Camden County line was closed due to icy roads and multiple vehicle accidents.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1227514. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.