Heavy Snow in Northwestern Orangeburg, South Carolina

Light snow began in the early afternoon with a band of moderate to heavy snow moving in during the evening and continuing into the overnight. Snow totals were around 2 inches with two reports east of North of 2.2 inches from a spotter and from a CoCoRaHS observer.

A strong upper level trough moved into the southeastern US with a developing surface low moving near the Georgia and South Carolina coast. Light snow began in the morning but as warm advection and frontogenesis strengthened, a band of moderate to heavy snow developed by the evening of the 21st, continuing into the overnight with amounts exceeding 2 inches in the southeastern Midlands.