Heavy Snow in Southeastern Orangeburg, South Carolina

Light snow began in the early afternoon with a band of heavy snow moving in during the evening and continuing into the overnight. Snow accumulations were generally between 3 to 5 inches. Two separate reports of 5.0 inches came from southeast of Branchville and just north of Eutawville.

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.