Winter Storm in Oconee Mountains, South Carolina

Sleet and snow overspread the mountains and foothills of South Carolina during the afternoon and began to accumulate. Precipitation changed quickly to sleet in most areas, before mixing with freezing rain from southwest to northeast during the late afternoon and early evening. Accumulations of sleet and freezing caused deteriorating road conditions by early evening, when heavy accumulations of sleet and/or freezing rain were reported across much of the area. Most locations saw around a half inch to an inch of sleet, along with around a tenth of an inch of ice accretion. Roads became very treacherous and impassable in many areas until melting began on the afternoon of the 17th.