Winter Weather in Greater Greenville, South Carolina

Precipitation associated with a strong upper level disturbance and associated strong cold front developed across Upstate South Carolina during the early morning hours. As an arctic air mass infiltrated the region behind the front, the precipitation briefly changed to snow in some areas, particularly along an axis from the Greenville area south to Laurens and Greenwood. Although the snow was moderate to heavy at times, a very warm ground and temperatures around 40 degrees resulted in total accumulation of only a dusting up to maybe a couple of inches on grassy surfaces. However, snow accumulated more heavily on elevated surfaces, including trees and power lines. The combination of very heavy, wet snow accumulating on power lines and trees that were still leafed, along with wind gusts of 30-40 mph brought down many trees and power lines across portions of Greenville, Greenwood, Anderson, and Laurens Counties. What little snow did accumulate melted by noon or so.