Heavy Snow — Southern Greenville, South Carolina

2000-01-24 · Southern Greenville, South Carolina

Wider weather episode

Low pressure rapidly deepened near the Carolina coast, wrapping abundant moisture back across the piedmont of the Carolinas. Snow fell all day and into the night, heavy at times south and east of a line from Abbeville to Spartanburg and Gaffney. By the time snow ended, accumulations ranged from 4 to 12 inches in a corridor no more than 100 miles wide. A swath of snowfall around 1 foot covered the area from Laurens to Union, including southern Spartanburg county, and portions of York and Chester counties. Due to the heavy wet snow, numerous power outages occurred. In the city of Clinton alone, there were 200 to 300 trees downed. Flat roofs and metal buildings collapsed as well. Damage figures were not available at the time of this writing, but are estimated to be in the millions of dollars. Light snow fell all day across Anderson and Greenville counties, with accumulations ranging from a trace to as much as 3 inches in extreme southeastern parts. This storm followed no more than 36 hours after the area received a few inches of snow and damaging ice from a previous storm over the weekend.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5130561. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.