Sleet in Coastal Escambia, Florida

Sleet January 28, 2014 · Coastal Escambia, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

A spotter on I-10 just east of Alabama state line reported one quarter inch accumulation on undriven road surface.

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 and sleet across the Florida panhandle.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 497922. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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