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Ice Storm in Lower Baldwin, Alabama

Ice Storm January 28, 2014 · Lower Baldwin, Alabama

What the National Weather Service wrote

Ice accumulation of 0.25 inches measured on County Road 8 in Gulf Shores. Ice accumulation was approaching 0.4 inches in spots.

The wider storm

An area of low pressure moved across the northern Gulf of Mexico January 28th and 29th. This system spread moisture northward across a very cold arctic airmass in place across the deep south. The precipitation fell as a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow across northwest parts of the area Tuesday afternoon and spread across the remainder of the area Tuesday night and ended Wednesday morning. Precipitation changed to snow across northern counties Tuesday night with freezing rain and sleet across southern areas. 1 to 3 inches of sleet and snow fell across most inland areas with freezing rain accumulations of a one-quarter to one-half an inch near the coast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 496738. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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